Intracranial hypertension and levofloxacin: A case report

Headache

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 300-301

  Lardizabal, David V ^a,b  

^a Northeast Regional Specialty Group ^*  (United States)

^b Northeast Regional Specialty Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Headache; Intracranial hypertension; Levofloxacin; Papilledema; Quinolones

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; DIPLOPIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FALLING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT FRACTURE; PAPILLEDEMA; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIPLOPIA; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; OFLOXACIN; ORBITAL FRACTURES;

EID: 59449109772     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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