Metronidazole-Induced Central Nervous System Toxicity

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Authors

Akira Kuriyama · Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital

Jeffrey L. Jackson · Medical College of Wisconsin

Abstract

Metronidazole can rarely cause central nervous system toxicity; it does not seem to be a dose- or duration-related phenomenon. Most patients will have MRI abnormalities. Prognosis is excellent with metronidazole cessation.

Topics & Keywords

Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Epilepsy research and treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volume 34, Issue 6, pp. 241-247

DOI: 10.1097/wnf.0b013e3182334b35

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