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Case Reports
. 2016 Jan-Feb;48(1):91-2.
doi: 10.4103/0253-7613.174573.

Linezolid and Rasagiline - A culprit for serotonin syndrome

Mohamed Hisham  1 , Mundalipalayam N Sivakumar  1 , V Nandakumar  1 , S Lakshmikanthcharan  1
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Case Reports

Linezolid and Rasagiline - A culprit for serotonin syndrome

Mohamed Hisham et al. Indian J Pharmacol. 2016 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

A 65-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital for cellulitis. She had a history of diabetes mellitus and parkinsonism on levodopa/carbidopa, rasagiline, ropinirole, trihexyphenidyl, amantadine, metformin, and glipizide. We present here a case of rare incidence of serotonin syndrome associated with linezolid and rasagiline.

Keywords: Linezolid; monoamine oxidase inhibitor; serotonin syndrome.

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