High Dose Ofloxacin-induced Bimodal Hallucinations in a 4 Years Old Child

Ofloxacin is a commonly used quinolone antibiotic both in adults as well as children. It is generally safe and well tolerated. Rarely, neurological and psychiatric adverse reactions are reported to occur with ofloxacin. We report a case of a child who developed delirium after ofloxacin treatment, th...

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Autores principales: Bhattacharya, Arnab, Sharan, Rajiv, Praharaj, Samir Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29073756
http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2017.15.4.416
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author Bhattacharya, Arnab
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description Ofloxacin is a commonly used quinolone antibiotic both in adults as well as children. It is generally safe and well tolerated. Rarely, neurological and psychiatric adverse reactions are reported to occur with ofloxacin. We report a case of a child who developed delirium after ofloxacin treatment, that resolved after medication discontinuation and treatment with low dose olanzapine.
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spelling pubmed-56784922017-11-15 High Dose Ofloxacin-induced Bimodal Hallucinations in a 4 Years Old Child Bhattacharya, Arnab Sharan, Rajiv Praharaj, Samir Kumar Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci Case Report Ofloxacin is a commonly used quinolone antibiotic both in adults as well as children. It is generally safe and well tolerated. Rarely, neurological and psychiatric adverse reactions are reported to occur with ofloxacin. We report a case of a child who developed delirium after ofloxacin treatment, that resolved after medication discontinuation and treatment with low dose olanzapine. Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2017-11 2017-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5678492/ /pubmed/29073756 http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2017.15.4.416 Text en Copyright © 2017, Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short High Dose Ofloxacin-induced Bimodal Hallucinations in a 4 Years Old Child
title_sort high dose ofloxacin-induced bimodal hallucinations in a 4 years old child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29073756
http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2017.15.4.416
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