Enteral voriconazole induced hypoglycemia: A potentially life threatening complication

Voriconazole is a newer effective antifungal agent currently available for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis. The case we present describes an episode of serious persistent hypoglycemia after voriconazole therapy and we believe that this strongly contributed to this event. It is a warning to a...

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Autores principales: Ghatak, Tanmoy, Singh, Ratender Kumar, Baronia, Arvind Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22345892
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.91890
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description Voriconazole is a newer effective antifungal agent currently available for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis. The case we present describes an episode of serious persistent hypoglycemia after voriconazole therapy and we believe that this strongly contributed to this event. It is a warning to all that voriconazole has a propensity to alter glucose homeostasis in the presence of kidney disturbance.
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spelling pubmed-32715242012-02-15 Enteral voriconazole induced hypoglycemia: A potentially life threatening complication Ghatak, Tanmoy Singh, Ratender Kumar Baronia, Arvind Kumar Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch Voriconazole is a newer effective antifungal agent currently available for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis. The case we present describes an episode of serious persistent hypoglycemia after voriconazole therapy and we believe that this strongly contributed to this event. It is a warning to all that voriconazole has a propensity to alter glucose homeostasis in the presence of kidney disturbance. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3271524/ /pubmed/22345892 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.91890 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Enteral voriconazole induced hypoglycemia: A potentially life threatening complication
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title_full Enteral voriconazole induced hypoglycemia: A potentially life threatening complication
title_fullStr Enteral voriconazole induced hypoglycemia: A potentially life threatening complication
title_full_unstemmed Enteral voriconazole induced hypoglycemia: A potentially life threatening complication
title_short Enteral voriconazole induced hypoglycemia: A potentially life threatening complication
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22345892
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