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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Severe co-trimoxazole-induced hypoglycaemia in a patient with microscopic polyangiitis.

Thomas Edward Conley, Atif Mohiuddin, Noshaba Naz

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas Edward ConleyWhiston Hospital, Liverpool, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0604-0770
Atif MohiuddinDepartment of Nephrology, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK.
Noshaba NazWirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral, UK.
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust · GBWhiston Hospital · GBWirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 69-year-old man presented to the emergency department with lower respiratory tract infection and febrile neutropaenia. He was recently discharged following a 50-day hospital stay with newly diagnosed microscopic polyangiitis, complicated by pulmonary haemorrhage and severe renal dysfunction requiring renal replacement therapy, plasma exchange and immunosuppression (cyclophosphamide and methylprednisolone). High risk of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) led to an escalation in treatment from prophylactic to therapeutic oral co-trimoxazole, alongside broad-spectrum antibiotics. The patient suffered from severe and protracted hypoglycaemia, complicated by a tonic-clonic seizure 7 days after escalation to therapeutic co-trimoxazole. Endogenous hyperinsulinaemia was confirmed and was attributed to co-trimoxazole use. Hypoglycaemia resolved 48 hours after discontinuation of co-trimoxazole. PCP testing on bronchoalveolar lavage was negative. Owing to the prescription of heavy immunosuppression in patients with vasculitis and the subsequent risk of PCP warranting co-trimoxazole prophylaxis, we believe that the risk of hypoglycaemia should be highlighted.

Indexed as

Microscopic PolyangiitisAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsHumansHypoglycemiaMalePiperacillinPrednisoloneRespiratory Tract InfectionsTrimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug CombinationAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsPiperacillinPrednisoloneTrimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

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PMID28302661
PMCPMC5372197
OpenAlexW2595327636

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