Seizures associated with fluoroquinolones

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1194-1198

  Kushner, J M ^a   Peckman, H J ^a   Snyder, C R ^a  

^a Dorothea Dix Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Levofloxacin; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALATROFLOXACIN; ALENDRONIC ACID; BENZATROPINE; CASCARA; CIPROFLOXACIN; DONEPEZIL; ENALAPRIL; ENOXACIN; FAMOTIDINE; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HALOPERIDOL; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NABUMETONE; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SALBUTAMOL; SERTRALINE; SORBITOL; SULFONAMIDE; TRAZODONE; TROVAFLOXACIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

EID: 0034800656     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.10359     Document Type: Article

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