Ciprofloxacin-associated posterior reversible encephalopathy
| Autor: | Waleed Hammad Al Bu Ali |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male
medicine.medical_specialty Neurology Adolescent Encephalopathy Article law.invention Anti-Infective Agents law Ciprofloxacin Intensive care medicine Humans business.industry Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome General Medicine Pneumonia medicine.disease Intensive care unit Magnetic Resonance Imaging Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome Anesthesia Etiology business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ case reports. 2013 |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinico-neuroradiological syndrome characterised by numerous symptoms and of no specific aetiology. Headache, confusion, seizures, cortical visual disturbances or blindness are the key symptoms. As this syndrome is reversible and readily treated by interrupting or discontinuing the aetiology, it should sharply be acknowledged. Ciprofloxacin was associated with PRES in an adolescent male treated from chest infection. It was managed in a hospital intensive care unit and was observed until disappearance. |
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