Gatifloxacin interference with opiate urine drug screen

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-439

  Straley, Craig M ^a,c   Cecil, Eric J ^b   Herriman, Mark P ^c  

^a FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Alliance Plan   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

False positive results; Fluoroquinolones; Gatifloxacin; Opiates; Urine drug screen

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; COCAINE; FLUOXETINE; GATIFLOXACIN; HYDROXYZINE; IBUPROFEN; MULTIVITAMIN; OPIATE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33644686844     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.26.3.435     Document Type: Article

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