Encephalopathy Secondary to Imipenem Therapy

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-103

  Fernandez Torre J L ^a   Velasco, M ^a   Fernandez Sampedro M ^b   Gutiarrez R ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Neurophysiology ^*  (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Encephalopathy; Imipenem; Photoparoxysmal Response; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; IMIPENEM; PHENYTOIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 18744429109     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940403500210     Document Type: Article

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