New-onset psychosis in a multi-drug resistant tuberculosis patient on cycloserine in Calabar, Nigeria: A case report

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 303-305

  Out, Akaninyene A ^a   Offor, Jonah B ^b   Ekpor, Ibene A ^a   Olarenwaju, Oladimeji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b Lawrence Henshaw Memorial Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c Damien Foundation Belgium   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Category IV drugs; Cycloserine; Multidrug resistance; Psychosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; CYCLOSERINE; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OLANZAPINE; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONFUSION; CRACKLE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PARANOIA; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 84897985715     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v13i2.21     Document Type: Article

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