Relapsing Hypoglycemia Associated with Hypocarnitinemia Following Treatment with Cefcapene Pivoxil in an Elderly Man

Pivoxil-containing cephalosporins can result in symptomatic hypocarnitinemia in children. We herein report a case of an 85-year-old man at risk of carnitine deficiency who developed relapsing symptomatic hypoglycemia after treatment with cefcapene pivoxil for urinary tract infection. On admission, l...

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Autores principales: Hanai, Shogo, Iwata, Mitsunaga, Terasawa, Teruhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31243204
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.2339-18

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31243204
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.2339-18

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