TY - JOUR
T1 - A rare adverse effect of metronidazole
T2 - Nervous system symptoms
AU - Kafadar, Ihsan
AU - Moustafa, Fatma
AU - Yalçn, Koray
AU - Klç, Betül Aydn
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - Metronidazole, as a 5-nitroimidazole compound, is effective on anaerobic bacteria and protozoon diseases. Mostly, metronidazole is a tolerable drug but rarely presents serious adverse effects on the nervous system. In case of these adverse effects, treatment must be stopped.In this report, a 3-year-old child hospitalized because of diarrhea is presented. During the metronidazole treatment, loss of sight, vertigo, ataxia, and headache occurred as the adverse effects. By this report, we want to express the rare adverse effects of drugs in the differential diagnoses of nervous system diseases.
AB - Metronidazole, as a 5-nitroimidazole compound, is effective on anaerobic bacteria and protozoon diseases. Mostly, metronidazole is a tolerable drug but rarely presents serious adverse effects on the nervous system. In case of these adverse effects, treatment must be stopped.In this report, a 3-year-old child hospitalized because of diarrhea is presented. During the metronidazole treatment, loss of sight, vertigo, ataxia, and headache occurred as the adverse effects. By this report, we want to express the rare adverse effects of drugs in the differential diagnoses of nervous system diseases.
KW - Adverse effects
KW - Metronidazole
KW - Nervous system symptoms
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84879958229&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318294f389
DO - 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318294f389
M3 - Article
C2 - 23736071
AN - SCOPUS:84879958229
SN - 0749-5161
VL - 29
SP - 751
EP - 752
JO - Pediatric Emergency Care
JF - Pediatric Emergency Care
IS - 6
ER -
