Seizures associated with levofloxacin: Case presentation and literature review

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 959-962

  Bellon, Alfredo ^a   Perez Garcia, Gonzalo ^b   Coverdale, John H ^b   Chacko, Ranjit C ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antidepressants; Drug drug interactions; Fluoroquinolones; Side effects

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CEFEPIME; CHLORIDE; CITALOPRAM; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; ENOXAPARIN; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MAGNESIUM; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIRTAZAPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NYSTATIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; PHOSPHORUS; SERTRALINE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM; THYROTROPIN; TRAZODONE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; BACTEREMIA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENERGY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOAMING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; LANGUAGE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MEDLINE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MOTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL; NURSE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; RASH; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINE CULTURE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A2; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MALE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIANSERIN; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; SEIZURES; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 70349230758     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-009-0717-5     Document Type: Review

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