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Case Reports
. 2013 Mar-Apr;45(2):189-90.
doi: 10.4103/0253-7613.108316.

Ofloxacin-induced hallucinations

Urmila Chauhan  1 , Preeti Shanbag, Prafull Kashid
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Case Reports

Ofloxacin-induced hallucinations

Urmila Chauhan et al. Indian J Pharmacol. 2013 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Drug-induced hallucinations are not uncommon, and may be misdiagnosed as psychiatric illness leading to unnecessary treatment with antipsychotics. If a temporal association of use of a drug having the potential to cause hallucinations is present, mere withdrawal of the drug causes complete improvement in the symptoms. There are reports of various untoward central nervous system adverse events following administration of fluoroquinolones, including delirium, hallucinations and psychosis, even after a single dose. We describe a 5-year-old girl who suffered visual hallucinations following ofloxacin use.

Keywords: Adverse events; hallucinations; ofloxacin.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

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