Cefepime-Induced Neurotoxicity Can Be Confused With Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, Catatonia and Serotonin Syndrome: A Case Report

Cefepime is a commonly used antibiotic. However, cefepime-induced neurotoxicity (CIN) is less commonly recognized. We describe a 75-year-old female on sertraline and risperidone who has been on cefepime for 28 days for treatment of osteomyelitis and presented with mutism, generalized rigidity, hyper...

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Autores principales: Abu-Abaa, Mohammad, Bahadli, Dhay, Abdulhussein, Osamah, Abdulsahib, Ali, Landau, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9960373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36852358
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34223

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9960373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36852358
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34223

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