Levofloxacin-induced delirium with psychotic features

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-383

  Kiangkitiwan, Boonsong ^a   Doppalapudi, Avanthi ^a   Fonder, Margaret ^a   Solberg, Kim ^a   Bohner, Brian ^a  

^a GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Levofloxacin; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGITATION; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; DECREASED APPETITE; DELIRIUM; DISORIENTATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTENSIVE CARE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARANOIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OFLOXACIN; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; SINUSITIS; VERTIGO;

EID: 45549100398     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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