Reversible cerebellar neurotoxicity induced by metronidazole

CMAJ. 2018 Aug 13;190(32):E961. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.180231.

Authors

Ariel Lefkowitz¹, Steven Shadowitz²

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. ariel.lefkowitz@gmail.com.
² Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents / toxicity*
Brain / diagnostic imaging*
Brain / drug effects*
Cerebellum / drug effects
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Metronidazole / therapeutic use
Metronidazole / toxicity*
Middle Aged
Neurotoxicity Syndromes / diagnostic imaging*
Osteomyelitis / drug therapy

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Metronidazole