Metronidazole and mental confusion [6]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-374

  Mahl, Thomas C ^a   Ummadi, Sudheer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; CONFUSION; DIARRHEA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; COLITIS; CONFUSION; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037377068     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200304000-00024     Document Type: Letter

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