Falsely positive dexamethasone suppression test in a patient treated with phenytoin to prevent seizures due to nocardia brain abscesses [2]

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 132, Issue 19-20, 2002, Pages 267-

  Debrunner, Johann ^a   Schmid, Christoph ^a   Schneemann, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PHENYTOIN;

AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; LETTER; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037129761     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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1. Opportunistic infections in endogenous Cushing's syndrome
2. Disseminated nocardiosis in a patient with Cushing's syndrome
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4. Phenytoin/dexamethasone interaction: A clinical problem
5. Phenytoin-dexamethasone: A possible drug-drug interaction
6. The effects of anti-convulsant drugs on adrenal function