An acute psychotic disorder caused by pefloxacin: A case report

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 343-347

  Heßlinger, Bernd ^a,b   Hellwig, Bernhard ^a   Sester, Urban ^a   Walden, Jörg ^a   Berger, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

fluorquinolones; paracetamol; pefloxacin; perazine; psychosis

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; PEFLOXACIN; PERAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 0342526810     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-5846(95)00314-2     Document Type: Article

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