Ergenekon KARAGÖZ, Asım ÜLÇAY, Asil BUDAKLİ, Recep TÜTÜNCÜ

Moxifloxacin Induced Acute Delirium with Visual Hallucinations

ISSN: 2147-0634
Yayın Aralığı: 4
Başlangıç: 2012
Yayıncı: Effect Publishing Agency ( EPA )

A few reports accuse and implicate moxifloxacin as a contributor to delirium state.Here, we report the A 60-year-old female patient, who developed acute delirium with visual hallucinations following treatment with moxifloxacin for atypical pneumonia

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