PMID- 24198899
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140624
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1941-8744 (Print)
IS  - 1941-8752 (Electronic)
IS  - 1941-8744 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 4
DP  - 2013 Oct
TI  - Nonconvulsive status with metronidazole.
PG  - 185-9
LID - 10.1177/1941874412470667 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To expand the adverse events associated with metronidazole to include 
      nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE). DESIGN: Observational single case report 
      of a rare association. SETTING: Hospitalized lung transplant recipient treated 
      with metronidazole for prevention of infection. PATIENT: A 56-year-old man with 
      systemic symptoms, peripheral neuropathy, generalized seizure, and a subsequent 
      acute deterioration of mental status due to NCSE. INTERVENTIONS: Administration 
      of midazolam was successful in terminating status epilepticus. MAIN OUTCOME 
      MEASURES: Abrupt termination of NCSE was evident on continuous bedside 
      electroencephalogam associated with clinical resolution of mental status. 
      RESULTS: Recovery occurred from NCSE eventually deteriorating to a fatal outcome. 
      CONCLUSIONS: Metronidazole may be associated with successfully treated NCSE.
FAU - Cantador, A A
AU  - Cantador AA
AD  - Santa Casa de Misericordia de Itatiba, Itatiba, Brazil.
FAU - Meschia, J F
AU  - Meschia JF
FAU - Freeman, W D
AU  - Freeman WD
FAU - Tatum, W O
AU  - Tatum WO
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Neurohospitalist
JT  - The Neurohospitalist
JID - 101558199
PMC - PMC3810826
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - EEG
OT  - encephalopathy
OT  - metronidazole
OT  - nonconvulsive status epilepticus
OT  - organ transplant
COIS- Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts 
      of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this 
      article.
EDAT- 2013/11/08 06:00
MHDA- 2013/11/08 06:01
PMCR- 2013/10/01
CRDT- 2013/11/08 06:00
PHST- 2013/11/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/11/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/11/08 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2013/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1177_1941874412470667 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/1941874412470667 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Neurohospitalist. 2013 Oct;3(4):185-9. doi: 10.1177/1941874412470667.