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2135578

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
The onset of a pneumonia by P. carinii in AIDS patients have force scientist to look for others therapies against this parasite. It is more necessary when the first line treatment which is cotrimoxazol produced secondary effects or not therapeutic effects. Pentamidine which is an agent usually used to treat leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis, but it is an alternative for P. carinii infection. The problems are the frequent and severe secondary effects when administered by continuous infusions and less when it is inhaled. Between those effects are the changes in carbohydrate metabolism which are 9% of them. It is frequent observe hypoglycemia during infusion following by hyperglycemia in 5% of the cases which convert the patients in diabetic insulinodependent. A case of a patient who developed diabetes mellitus insulinodependent, 10 days after the end of pentamidine treatment, without previous episodes of hypoglycemia, is presented. The medical literature is reviewed.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0212-7199
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
637-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Diabetes mellitus induced by pentamidine, without previous episodes of hypoglycemia, in patients with AIDS].
pubmed:affiliation
Servicio de M. Interna-Infecciosas, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports