A probable association of acute dystonia with gemifloxacin administration

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 557-560

  Sharma, Dinesh Dutt ^a   Aggarwal, Ashish ^a   Sharma, Ravi C ^a   Kumar, Ramesh ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute dystonia; Fluoroquinolones; Gemifloxacin; Neuropsychiatric effects

Indexed keywords

GEMIFLOXACIN; LORATADINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; NAPHTHYRIDINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77949557655     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.59989     Document Type: Article

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