Serotonin syndrome as a consequence of drug-resistant infections: An interaction between linezolid and citalopram

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-113

  Tahir, Naeem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; LINEZOLID; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; OXACILLIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; CRYING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; PANCYTOPENIA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESTLESSNESS; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 1642408641     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70065-1     Document Type: Article

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