An unexpected and severe neurological disorder with permanent disability acquired during short-course treatment with metronidazole.

> An unexpected and severe neurological disorder with permanent disability acquired during short-course treatment with metronidazole.

   

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1: Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(4):279-80. Related Articles, Links

An unexpected and severe neurological disorder with permanent disability acquired during short-course treatment with metronidazole.

Rustscheff S, Hulten S.

Department of Internal Medicine, Varnamo General Hospital, Varnamo, Sweden. stefan.rustscheff@ltjkpg.se

A case is reported of permanent sensorimotor distal polyneuropathy combined with sensory hemisymptoms in a middle-aged woman after only 10 g of metronidazole given as 400 mg, three times daily for 9 d. The disability is still permanent after 22 months of observation. No other cause has been found.

PMID: 12839161 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

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