A Case Report of Metronidazole Induced Neurotoxicity in Liver Abscess Patient and the Usefulness of MRI for its Diagnosis
Metronidazole is a very widely used drug for the treatment of multiple ailments caused by anaerobic bacteria as well as some protozoan parasites. Though its usual side effects are not very serious, yet sometimes it may cause profound adverse effects like neurotoxicity. We present here a case of li...
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| description | Metronidazole is a very widely used drug for the treatment of multiple ailments caused by anaerobic bacteria as well as some protozoan
parasites. Though its usual side effects are not very serious, yet sometimes it may cause profound adverse effects like neurotoxicity.
We present here a case of liver abscess. The patient was treated for a long time with metronidazole and developed sudden onset
neurotoxicity which was diagnosed by MRI. The present case also highlights the need of vigilant monitoring of patients on metronidazole
for symptoms of neurotoxicity and the usefulness of MRI for diagnosis of the same. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be894bbadfa84c0db020128d8dfb81442022-12-22T01:11:35ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-01-01101TD06TD0710.7860/JCDR/2016/14900.7031A Case Report of Metronidazole Induced Neurotoxicity in Liver Abscess Patient and the Usefulness of MRI for its DiagnosisShruti Chandak0Arjit Agarwal1Arvind Shukla2Pawan Joon3Associate Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Junior Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Metronidazole is a very widely used drug for the treatment of multiple ailments caused by anaerobic bacteria as well as some protozoan parasites. Though its usual side effects are not very serious, yet sometimes it may cause profound adverse effects like neurotoxicity. We present here a case of liver abscess. The patient was treated for a long time with metronidazole and developed sudden onset neurotoxicity which was diagnosed by MRI. The present case also highlights the need of vigilant monitoring of patients on metronidazole for symptoms of neurotoxicity and the usefulness of MRI for diagnosis of the same.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/7031/14900_CE[Ra]_F(P)_PF1(VIAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfdentate nucleusliver abscessmetronidazole toxicitymri brain |
| spellingShingle | Shruti Chandak Arjit Agarwal Arvind Shukla Pawan Joon A Case Report of Metronidazole Induced Neurotoxicity in Liver Abscess Patient and the Usefulness of MRI for its Diagnosis Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research dentate nucleus liver abscess metronidazole toxicity mri brain |
| title | A Case Report of Metronidazole Induced Neurotoxicity in Liver Abscess Patient and the Usefulness of MRI for its Diagnosis |
| title_full | A Case Report of Metronidazole Induced Neurotoxicity in Liver Abscess Patient and the Usefulness of MRI for its Diagnosis |
| title_fullStr | A Case Report of Metronidazole Induced Neurotoxicity in Liver Abscess Patient and the Usefulness of MRI for its Diagnosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case Report of Metronidazole Induced Neurotoxicity in Liver Abscess Patient and the Usefulness of MRI for its Diagnosis |
| title_short | A Case Report of Metronidazole Induced Neurotoxicity in Liver Abscess Patient and the Usefulness of MRI for its Diagnosis |
| title_sort | case report of metronidazole induced neurotoxicity in liver abscess patient and the usefulness of mri for its diagnosis |
| topic | dentate nucleus liver abscess metronidazole toxicity mri brain |
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