International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 570-576 , September 2009

Hypoglycemia associated with bacteremic pneumococcal infections

  • I-Shiow Jan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, 7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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  • Tzu-Hsiu Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Jong-Min Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, 7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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  • Jih-Shuin Jerng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Hsin-Fang Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Pei-Lun Hung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, 7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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  • Po-Ren Hsueh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, 7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Li-Na Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, 7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 23123456x5359; fax: +886 2 23224263.

Received 8 February 2008 ,Revised 22 August 2008 ,Accepted 28 August 2008.

  • Image Result

    Chest radiograph of patient 6 at presentation (A), showing lobar consolidation of right lower, right middle, and part of the left lower lobe, and 24hours later (B), showing rapid progression of the pn

    Chest radiograph of patient 6 at presentation (A), showing lobar consolidation of right lower, right middle, and part of the left lower lobe, and 24hours later (B), showing rapid progression of the pneumonic process.

PII: S1201-9712(08)01551-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.026

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 570-576 , September 2009