Levofloxacin-associated hypoglycaemia complicated by pontine myelinolysis and quadriplegia

By Srikanth Vallurupalli, G. Huesmann, J. Gregory, M. Jakoby. Diabetic Medicine, 2008

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Background  Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) usually presents in chronic alcoholics and in patients in whom hyponatraemia has been corrected rapidly. However, CPM may occur in other clinical circumstances, including patients with severe hypoglycaemia. We describe the occurrence of CPM and quadriplegia in a patient who experienced fluoroquinolone‐associated severe hypoglycaemia.

Subfields: Emergency Medicine, Pharmacology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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