Metronidazole-induced central nervous system toxicity: A systematic review

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 241-247

  Kuriyama, Akira ^a   Jackson, Jeffrey L ^b   Doi, Asako ^a   Kamiya, Toru ^a  

^a RAKUWAKAI OTOWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse effects; cerebellar toxicity; metronidazole; systematic review

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS; ADNEXITIS; AGE; ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL ABSCESS; ANUS FISTULA; ATAXIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN TOXICITY; BRONCHIECTASIS; CELLULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TOXICITY; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DECUBITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; ENTERITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG METASTASIS; MANDIBLE OSTEOMYELITIS; MENINGITIS; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PELVIS ABSCESS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEX; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SUBMENTAL ABSCESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOMONIASIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81955161936     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: 1537162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNF.0b013e3182334b35     Document Type: Review

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