Hallucinations by administration of a standard regimen of clarithromycin [5];Alucinaciones por administración de una pauta estándar de claritromicina

Farmacia Hospitalaria

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 321-323

  Fernandez Arenas O ^a   Gutierrez Garcia M ^a   Hidalgo Correas, F J ^a   Garcia Diaz B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; AGITATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DELIRIUM; DYSKINESIA; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LETTER; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUSNESS; PANIC; PARANOIA; PERCEPTION; PNEUMONIA; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 37849026415     PISSN: 11306343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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