ea0081p347 | Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition | ECE2022
Ijete Elohor
, Hosni Moustafa
, Dadey Ebo
, Nikookam Khash
, Rehmani Hassan
, Mlawa Gideon
Introduction: Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that is used to treat gram negative, gram positive and atypical bacterial infections. It is a member of the second-generation tetracycline class of antibiotics.Case: We describe a case of a (non-diabetic) male patient who developed hypoglycaemia following treatment with doxycycline. A 73-year-old male presented to the emergency department following a witnessed collapse at 9am on the 4tho...