Gatifloxacin-induced delirium and psychosis in an elderly demented woman [16]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 871-

  Satyanarayana, Satyendra ^a   Campbell, Barry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GATIFLOXACIN; LATANOPROST; NIFEDIPINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RISPERIDONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; AGITATION; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PARANOIA; PNEUMONIA; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; SEPSIS;

EID: 33744975031     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00723.x     Document Type: Letter

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