Cefepime-induced encephalopathy in patient without renal failure
This case report describes neurotoxicity in an older patient on cefepime 2 g twice a day. The 81-year-old male patient developed non-convulsive status epilepticus during cefepime treatment with 1 g twice a day. There was recovery 30 days after discontinuation of cefepime.
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| author | Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho Maurício Bernstein Paula Kiyomi Onaga Yokota Rosilene Motta Elias Coelho Marcelo Wachemberg Letícia Pereira de Brito Sampaio Luis Otávio Caboclo |
| author_facet | Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho Maurício Bernstein Paula Kiyomi Onaga Yokota Rosilene Motta Elias Coelho Marcelo Wachemberg Letícia Pereira de Brito Sampaio Luis Otávio Caboclo |
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| description | This case report describes neurotoxicity in an older patient on cefepime 2 g twice a day. The 81-year-old male patient developed non-convulsive status epilepticus during cefepime treatment with 1 g twice a day. There was recovery 30 days after discontinuation of cefepime. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f967fa853b54e63a6736b63d29b54372022-12-21T19:29:34ZengInstituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert EinsteinEinstein (São Paulo)1679-45082010-09-0183358360Cefepime-induced encephalopathy in patient without renal failureFernando Morgadinho Santos CoelhoMaurício BernsteinPaula Kiyomi Onaga YokotaRosilene Motta Elias CoelhoMarcelo WachembergLetícia Pereira de Brito SampaioLuis Otávio CabocloThis case report describes neurotoxicity in an older patient on cefepime 2 g twice a day. The 81-year-old male patient developed non-convulsive status epilepticus during cefepime treatment with 1 g twice a day. There was recovery 30 days after discontinuation of cefepime.http://apps.einstein.br/revista/arquivos/PDF/1121-Einsteinv8n3_pg358-60_eng.pdfCephalosporins/adverse effectsCephalosporins/toxicityStatus epileticus/Chemically inducedAgedCase reports |
| spellingShingle | Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho Maurício Bernstein Paula Kiyomi Onaga Yokota Rosilene Motta Elias Coelho Marcelo Wachemberg Letícia Pereira de Brito Sampaio Luis Otávio Caboclo Cefepime-induced encephalopathy in patient without renal failure Einstein (São Paulo) Cephalosporins/adverse effects Cephalosporins/toxicity Status epileticus/Chemically induced Aged Case reports |
| title | Cefepime-induced encephalopathy in patient without renal failure |
| title_full | Cefepime-induced encephalopathy in patient without renal failure |
| title_fullStr | Cefepime-induced encephalopathy in patient without renal failure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cefepime-induced encephalopathy in patient without renal failure |
| title_short | Cefepime-induced encephalopathy in patient without renal failure |
| title_sort | cefepime induced encephalopathy in patient without renal failure |
| topic | Cephalosporins/adverse effects Cephalosporins/toxicity Status epileticus/Chemically induced Aged Case reports |
| url | http://apps.einstein.br/revista/arquivos/PDF/1121-Einsteinv8n3_pg358-60_eng.pdf |
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