Metronidazole-induced neurotoxicity

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine (Quickfall, Daneman, Juurlink), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Departments of Medicine and Paediatrics (Quickfall, Daneman, Juurlink), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (Daneman, Juurlink), Toronto, Ont.; Neuroendovascular Program (Dmytriw), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Ontario Poison Centre (Juurlink), Toronto, Ont.
² Department of Medicine (Quickfall, Daneman, Juurlink), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Departments of Medicine and Paediatrics (Quickfall, Daneman, Juurlink), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (Daneman, Juurlink), Toronto, Ont.; Neuroendovascular Program (Dmytriw), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Ontario Poison Centre (Juurlink), Toronto, Ont. david.juurlink@ices.on.ca.

Danica Quickfall et al. CMAJ. 2021.

. 2021 Oct 25;193(42):E1630.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.201671.

¹ Department of Medicine (Quickfall, Daneman, Juurlink), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Departments of Medicine and Paediatrics (Quickfall, Daneman, Juurlink), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (Daneman, Juurlink), Toronto, Ont.; Neuroendovascular Program (Dmytriw), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Ontario Poison Centre (Juurlink), Toronto, Ont.
² Department of Medicine (Quickfall, Daneman, Juurlink), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Departments of Medicine and Paediatrics (Quickfall, Daneman, Juurlink), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (Daneman, Juurlink), Toronto, Ont.; Neuroendovascular Program (Dmytriw), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Ontario Poison Centre (Juurlink), Toronto, Ont. david.juurlink@ices.on.ca.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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