The dangers of gastritis: A case of clarithromycin-associated brief psychotic episode

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-151

  Dinca, Eduard B ^a,b   Skinner, Alex ^c   Dinca, Ramona V ^a   Tudose, Catalina ^d  

^a HERTFORDSHIRE PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

^c NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Health   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Brief psychotic episode; Clarithromycin; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; HALOPERIDOL; LANSOPRAZOLE; LORAZEPAM; CYTOCHROME P450 3A INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BLOATING; BRIEF PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STOMACH PAIN; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DELUSION; HALLUCINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED;

CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP3A INHIBITORS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED;

EID: 84922386317     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000251     Document Type: Article

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