Linezolid Associated Asymptomatic Hypoglycemia in a Patient with Advanced Gynecologic Cancer: A Case Report and Literature Review
Li Sun, Hongyu Fan, Yongjun Li · 2025
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Li Sun, Hongyu Fan, and Yongjun Li report a case from 2025 where a strong antibiotic seemed to drive a patient’s blood sugar too low. The patient was a 72-year-old woman with late-stage cancer of the female organs and a severe belly infection. She also had type 2 diabetes and took common sugar-lowering pills.
A day after the antibiotic, called linezolid, was started, her fasting blood sugar fell well below the normal range. The low readings held even after the sugar pills were stopped and sugar was given by vein. Within a day of switching to a different antibiotic, her sugar returned to normal. A standard scoring tool rated the link as probable. The authors urge sugar checks for patients on this drug.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Li Sun, Hongyu Fan, Yongjun Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |