Question

A 7-year-old obese Hispanic girl presents with dehydration after 3 days of vomiting and diarrhea. Her parents mention that a sibling was diagnosed with a type of diabetes that spilled sugar into the urine but did not need treatment. Urine reagent strip test for reducing sugars is strongly positive. The physician obtains a blood glucose level that is normal and a urine glucose oxidase test on the urine is also negative for glucose. Further analysis of the urine reveals a small amount of fructose and a large amount of an unidentified pentose that is most likely which of the following?
a) galactose
B) glucose
C) lactose
D) niannose
E) xylulose​

Answer 1

Respuesta:

B) glucose

Explicación: