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Levofloxacin-induced acute psychosis

Author(s) -

Nagaraja Moorthy,

N.M. Raghavendra,

P N Venkatarathnamma

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

indian journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1998-3794

pISSN - 0019-5545

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.39762

Subject(s) - levofloxacin , psychosis , depression (economics) , medicine , anxiety , psychiatry , pediatrics , antibiotics , macroeconomics , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology

A wide range of drugs can cause mental status changes. Fluoroquinolones are one among them and are underrecognised.The CNS side effects of levofloxacin like headache, dizziness, restlessness, tremor, insomnia, hallucinations, convulsions, anxiety and depression are well documented. We report a rare case of middle aged diabetic male admitted to hospital with multiple infections who developed acute psychosis following levofloxacin administration.

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