Dysglycemia associated with quinolones.

El Ghandour, Sarah; Azar, Sami T · Prim Care Diabetes · 2015

review · Level V

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Abstract

Antimicrobial therapy is well known to be associated with fluctuations of blood glucose levels. This review aims at exploring the association between glycemic fluctuations and antibiotics mainly focusing on quinolones. Quinolones are associated with hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia. Several mechanism are proposed to explain this causality.

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