Association of a tourette-like syndrome with ofloxacin

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 138-140

  Thomas, Robert J ^a   Reagan, David R ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; CLONIDINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HALOPERIDOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE; TICARCILLIN;

AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOLALIA; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; OFLOXACIN; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 0030045353     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106002809603000205     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Ball P. Ciprofloxacin: an overview of adverse experiences. J Antimicrob Chemother 1986;18(suppl D):187-93.
2. Slavich IL, Gleffe RF, Haas EJ. Grand mal epileptic seizures during ciprofloxacin therapy (letter). JAMA 1989;261:558-9
3. Reeves RR Ciprofloxacin-induced psychosis. Ann Pharmacother 1992;26:930-1.
4. Wolfson JS, Hooper DC. Overview of fluoroquinolone safety. Am J Med 1991,91:1535-615.
5. Christ W. Central nervous system toxicity of quinolones: human and animal findings. J Antimicrob Chemother 1990:26(suppl B):219-25.
6. Tunkel AR, Scheld WM. Ofloxacin. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1991;12.549-57
7. Andriole VT, Quinolones. In: Mandell GL, Douglas RG, Bennett JE, eds. Principles and practice of infectious diseases. 3rd ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1990:334-45.
8. Modai J. Potential role of fluoroquinolones in the treatment of bacterial meningitis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1991;10:291-5.
9. Graber H, Ludwig E, Arr M, Lanyi P. Pharmacokinetics of ofloxacin in young and elderly patients. Rev Infect Dis 1988;10(suppl 1):S106.
10. Sun B, Lorber B. Quinolones. Med Clin North Am 1995;79:869-94.
11. Meher LK, Tripathy D, Acharya S. Ciprofloxacin induced psychosis. J Assoc Physicians India 1992;40:418-9.
12. McCue JD, Zandt JR. Acute psychoses associated with the use of ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Am J Med 1991;90:528-9.
13. Bader MB. Role of ciprofloxacin in fatal seizures. Chest 1992;101:883-4.
14. Slavich IL, Gleffe RF, Haas EJ. Grand mal epileptic seizures during ciprofloxacin therapy. JAMA 1989;261:558-9.
15. McDermott JL, Gideonse N, Campbell JW. Acute delirium associated with ciprofloxacin administration in a hospitalized elderly patient. J Am Geriatr Soc 1991;39:909-10.
16. Farrington J, Stoudemire A, Tierney J. The role of ciprofloxacin in a patient with delirium due to multiple etiologies. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1995;17:47-53.
17. Schwartz MT, Calvert JF. Potential neurologic toxicity related to ciprofloxacin. DICP Ann Pharmacother 1990;24:138-40.
18. Zaudig M, von Bose M. Ofloxacin-induced psychosis. Br J Psychiatry 1987;151:563-4.
19. Zaudig M, von Bose M, Weber MM, Bremer D, Zieglgansberger W. Psychotoxic effects of ofloxacin. Pharmacopsychiatry 1989;22:11-5.
20. Fennig S, Mauas L. Ofloxacin-induced delirium. J Clin Psychiatry 1992;53:137-8.
21. Fan-Harvard P, Sanchorawala V, Oh J, Moser EM, Smith SP. Concurrent use of foscarnet and ciprofloxacin may increase the propensity for seizures. Ann Pharmacother 1994;28:869-72.
22. Karki SD, Bentley DW, Raghavan M. Seizure with ciprofloxacin and theophylline combined therapy. DICP Ann Pharmacother 1990;24:595-6.
23. Semel JD, Allen N. Seizures in patients simultaneously receiving theophylline and imipenem or ciprofloxacin or metronidazole. South Med J 1991;84:465-8.
24. Rollof J, Vinge E. Neurologic adverse effects during concomitant treatment with ciprofloxacin, NSAIDs, and chloroquine: possible drug interaction. Ann Pharmacother 1993;27:1058-9.
25. Yew WW, Wong CF, Wong PC, Lee J, Chau CH. Adverse neurological reactions in patients with multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis after coadministration of cycloserine and ofloxacin. Clin Infect Dis 1993, 17:288-9.
26. Koppel C, Hopfe T, Menzel J. Central anticholinergic syndrome after ofloxacin overdose and therapeutic doses of diphenhydramine and chlormezanone. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 1990;28:249-53.
27. Christ W, Lehnert T, Ulrich B. Specific toxicologic aspects of the quinolones. Rev Infect Dis 1988;10(suppl 1):141-7.
28. Kohler RB, Arkins N, Tack KJ. Accidental overdose of intravenous ofloxacin with benign outcome. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1991;35:1239-40
29. Singer HS, Walkup JT. Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment. Medicine 1991;70:15-32.
30. Dickman MS, Fleiman M, Perl E. Late adult onset Tourette's-like syndrome. Neurology 1990;40(suppl 1):222.
31. Erenberg G, Cruse RP, Rothner AD. Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome: effects of stimulant drugs. Neurology 1985;35:1346-8.
32. Klawans HL, Falk DK, Nausieda PA, Weiner WJ. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome after long-term chlorpromazine therapy. Neurology 1978;28:1064-6.
33. Fennig S, Fennig SN, Pato M, Weitzman A. Emergence of symptoms of Tourette's syndrome during fluvoxamine treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Br J Psychiatry 1994;164:839-41.
34. Pulst SM, Walshe TM, Romero JA. Carbon monoxide poisoning with features of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome. Arch Neurol 1983;40:443-4.
35. Perry R, Nobler MS, Campbell M. Tourette-like symptoms associated with neuroleptic therapy in an autistic child. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1989;28:93-6.
36. Kurlan R, Kersun J, Behr J, Leibovici A, Tariot P, Lichter D, et al. Carbamazepine-induced tics. Clin Neuropharmacol 1989;12:298-302.
37. Christ W, Gindler K, Gruene S Interactions of quinolones with opioids and fenbufen, a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug: involvement of dopaminergic neurotransmission. Rev Infect Dis 1989;11(suppl 5):S1393-4.
38. Bancaud J, Talairach J. Clinical semiology of frontal lobe seizures. In: Chauvel P, Delgado-Escueta AV, Halgren E, Bancaud J, eds. Advances in neurology: frontal lobe seizures and epilepsies. 57th ed. New York: Raven Press, 1992:3-58.
39. Beaussart M. Benign epilepsy of children with Rolandic (centro-temporal) paroxysmal foci. A clinical entity. Study of 221 cases. Epilepsia 1972;13:795-811.
40. Veelken H, Rosenthal FM, Schneller F, von Schilling C, Guettler IC, Herrmann F, et al. Combination of interleukin-2 and interferon-alpha in renal cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma a phase II clinical trial. Biotechnol Ther 1992 ;3:1-14.
41. Norrby SR. Side-effects of quinolones: comparisons between quinolones and other antibiotics. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1991;10:378 83.