Delirium in the elderly resulting from azithromycin therapy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 509-511

  Cone, Lawrence A ^a   Padilla, Lester ^a   Potts, Barbara E ^a  

^a EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Azithromycin; Community acquired pneumonia; Delirium

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; PARANOIA; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0038798879     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00065-X     Document Type: Article

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