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
    • ,
  • 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
    • ,
  • 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.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.026

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

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