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Case Reports
. 2009 Apr;30(2):159-61.
doi: 10.1007/s10072-009-0027-9. Epub 2009 Feb 3.

Levofloxacin-induced delirium

Gleb Slobodin  1 , Nizar Elias, Natalia Zaygraikin, Muhammad Sheikh-Ahmad, Sergiu Sabetay, Boaz Weller, Majed Odeh
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Case Reports

Levofloxacin-induced delirium

Gleb Slobodin et al. Neurol Sci. 2009 Apr.

Abstract

An 83-year-old man was admitted for right lower lobe pneumonia which did not improve after a 5-day outpatient treatment with amoxicillin/clavulinate and clarithromycin. An empiric treatment with levofloxacin was started with a significant improvement after 24 h of this treatment. On the third day of hospitalization, delirium developed, while the patient was afebrile and with normal blood oxygenation. Treatment with levofloxacin was stopped, and a complete resolution of the patient's delirium was observed 2 days later. To the best of our knowledge, this is the third case of levofloxacin-induced delirium described in the medical literature.

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