Gatifloxacin-induced hallucinations in a 19-year- old man

Psychosomatics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 360-

  Adams, Marie ^a   Tavakoli, Hamid ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATIFLOXACIN; PARACETAMOL; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILY HISTORY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 53549119449     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.47.4.360     Document Type: Letter

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