Levofloxacin-induced delirium.
Neurol Sci
; 30(2): 159-61, 2009 Apr.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19189043
ABSTRACT
An 83-year-old man was admitted for right lower lobe pneumonia which did not improve after a 5-day outpatient treatment with amoxicillin/clavulinate and clarithromycin. An empiric treatment with levofloxacin was started with a significant improvement after 24 h of this treatment. On the third day of hospitalization, delirium developed, while the patient was afebrile and with normal blood oxygenation. Treatment with levofloxacin was stopped, and a complete resolution of the patient's delirium was observed 2 days later. To the best of our knowledge, this is the third case of levofloxacin-induced delirium described in the medical literature.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia
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Encéfalo
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Ofloxacino
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Delírio
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Levofloxacino
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged80
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurol Sci
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Israel