A case of beta lactam-induced visual hallucination

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1298, 2009, Pages

  Kong, Victor ^a   Beckett, Lutz ^a,b   Awunor Renner, Charles ^a  

^a Timaru Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; ERTAPENEM; HALOPERIDOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; RECURRENT INFECTION; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL INFECTION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HALLUCINATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 68349096034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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