Permanent Taste and Smell Disorders Induced by Clarithromycin: A Case Report
Clarithromycin belongs to a group of medications called macrolide antibiotics. Other antibiotics in this group include erythromycin, troleandomycin, roxithromycin, spiramycin and azithromycin. The most common use of antibiotics in this group are mild to moderate infections of skin, soft-tissues, mou...
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| author | Nihat Şengeze Vedat Ali Yürekli Hasan Rifat Koyuncuoğlu Serkan Kırbaş |
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| description | Clarithromycin belongs to a group of medications called macrolide antibiotics. Other antibiotics in this group include erythromycin, troleandomycin, roxithromycin, spiramycin and azithromycin. The most common use of antibiotics in this group are mild to moderate infections of skin, soft-tissues, mouth and respiratory tract, caused by gram-positive bacteria. This group of antibiotics are known to have side effects such as nausea, vomiting, heartburn, gastrointestinal discomfort, diarrhea, hives, and other forms of skin rashes, drug-induced fever and anorexia when administered perorally. In this article a case who has permanent loss of smell and taste after the clarithromycin therapy has presented. Drugs that often cause taste and smell dysfunction and mechanisms of action are discussed accompanied by literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-91096f086cfb4243834fbebe40f6f25a2023-02-15T16:19:23ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Nöroloji Dergisi1301-062X2015-03-01211343610.4274/tnd.13284Permanent Taste and Smell Disorders Induced by Clarithromycin: A Case ReportNihat Şengeze0Vedat Ali Yürekli1Hasan Rifat Koyuncuoğlu2Serkan Kırbaş3Yalvaç State Hospital, Clinic of Neurology, Isparta, TurkeySüleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Isparta, TurkeySüleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Isparta, TurkeyRecep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Rize, TurkeyClarithromycin belongs to a group of medications called macrolide antibiotics. Other antibiotics in this group include erythromycin, troleandomycin, roxithromycin, spiramycin and azithromycin. The most common use of antibiotics in this group are mild to moderate infections of skin, soft-tissues, mouth and respiratory tract, caused by gram-positive bacteria. This group of antibiotics are known to have side effects such as nausea, vomiting, heartburn, gastrointestinal discomfort, diarrhea, hives, and other forms of skin rashes, drug-induced fever and anorexia when administered perorally. In this article a case who has permanent loss of smell and taste after the clarithromycin therapy has presented. Drugs that often cause taste and smell dysfunction and mechanisms of action are discussed accompanied by literature.http://www.tjn.org.tr/jvi.aspx?pdir=tjn&plng=eng&un=TJN-13284&look4=Clarithromycinanosmiataste disorders |
| spellingShingle | Nihat Şengeze Vedat Ali Yürekli Hasan Rifat Koyuncuoğlu Serkan Kırbaş Permanent Taste and Smell Disorders Induced by Clarithromycin: A Case Report Türk Nöroloji Dergisi Clarithromycin anosmia taste disorders |
| title | Permanent Taste and Smell Disorders Induced by Clarithromycin: A Case Report |
| title_full | Permanent Taste and Smell Disorders Induced by Clarithromycin: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Permanent Taste and Smell Disorders Induced by Clarithromycin: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Permanent Taste and Smell Disorders Induced by Clarithromycin: A Case Report |
| title_short | Permanent Taste and Smell Disorders Induced by Clarithromycin: A Case Report |
| title_sort | permanent taste and smell disorders induced by clarithromycin a case report |
| topic | Clarithromycin anosmia taste disorders |
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