Hypoglycemia in Patients Treated With Linezolid | Zendy

P. Viswanathan | Zendy; Dmitri Iarikov | Zendy; Ronald T. Wassel | Zendy; Alan Davidson | Zendy; Sumathi Nambiar | Zendy

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Hypoglycemia in Patients Treated With Linezolid

Author(s) -

P. Viswanathan,

Dmitri Iarikov,

Ronald T. Wassel,

Alan Davidson,

Sumathi Nambiar

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu487

Subject(s) - linezolid , hypoglycemia , medicine , adverse effect , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , pediatrics , insulin , staphylococcus aureus , vancomycin , biology , bacteria , genetics

Hypoglycemia was not previously known to be a linezolid-associated adverse reaction. A case report describing symptomatic hypoglycemia in a linezolid recipient prompted a review of the US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System, which demonstrated a relationship between linezolid and hypoglycemia. A warning with this information was added to the linezolid package insert.

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