Levofloxacin-Induced Delirium: Is It a Dangerous Drug in Patients with Renal Dysfunction?
RENAL FAILURE, cilt.34, sa.5, ss.634-636, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Doi Numarası: 10.3109/0886022x.2012.660855
- Dergi Adı: RENAL FAILURE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.634-636
- Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The central nervous system (CNS) toxicity of fluoroquinolones is well known but usually occurs benign. In the literature, there are a few number of severe CNS toxicity cases related to fluoroquinolones. Levofloxacin is a third-generation fluorinated quinolone antibiotic, is the active levo stereoisomer of ofloxacin, and has one of the most favorable adverse reaction profiles. We describe a case of delirium associated with levofloxacin in a 55-year-old man who was hospitalized in our medical clinic for pneumonia.