Metronidazole encephalopathy: Uncommon reaction to a common drug

Encephalopathy associated with metronidazole administration is an uncommon but potentially reversible disease and depends on the cumulative metronidazole dose, and most patients with this condition recover rapidly after discontinuation of therapy. We present a case as well as a review of the literat...

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Autores principales: Senthilkumaran, Subramanian, Shah, Sweni, Balamurugan, Namasivayam, Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4477391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157659
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5151.158422
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author Senthilkumaran, Subramanian
Shah, Sweni
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description Encephalopathy associated with metronidazole administration is an uncommon but potentially reversible disease and depends on the cumulative metronidazole dose, and most patients with this condition recover rapidly after discontinuation of therapy. We present a case as well as a review of the literature regarding this rare but serious adverse event.
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spelling pubmed-44773912015-07-08 Metronidazole encephalopathy: Uncommon reaction to a common drug Senthilkumaran, Subramanian Shah, Sweni Balamurugan, Namasivayam Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci Case Report Encephalopathy associated with metronidazole administration is an uncommon but potentially reversible disease and depends on the cumulative metronidazole dose, and most patients with this condition recover rapidly after discontinuation of therapy. We present a case as well as a review of the literature regarding this rare but serious adverse event. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4477391/ /pubmed/26157659 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5151.158422 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Senthilkumaran, Subramanian
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Metronidazole encephalopathy: Uncommon reaction to a common drug
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title_short Metronidazole encephalopathy: Uncommon reaction to a common drug
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4477391/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5151.158422
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