Garbled speech: a rare presentation of metronidazole-induced neurotoxicity

Neurotoxicity is a rare but significant side effect of metronidazole. We present, here, a case of a 34-year-old man, presenting with garbled speech and word finding difficulty. He was taking metronidazole for the last 3 months for stage 4 decubitus ulcers. MRI of the brain showed abnormal signal int...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Cheema, Muhammad Arslan, Salman, FNU, Ullah, Waqas, Zain, Muhammad Abdullah
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Unexpected Outcome (Positive or Negative) Including Adverse Drug Reactions
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6398644/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30826778
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-227804
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