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Clarithromycin-induced akathisia: a class effect of macrolides?
- Source :
- BMJ Case Reports. :bcr2016217421
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2016.
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Abstract
- Clarithromycin is an antibiotic of the macrolide family, which is commonly used in the treatment of respiratory tract infections. We report a woman aged 77 years with bronchiectasis who was prescribed oral clarithromycin for lower respiratory tract infection. She developed akathisia after 2 doses. On withdrawing the antibiotic, her symptoms resolved rapidly after 7 days.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class
Antibiotics
Class effect
Akathisia
Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Clarithromycin
Internal medicine
Lower respiratory tract infection
Humans
Medicine
Respiratory Tract Infections
Psychomotor Agitation
Aged
Bronchiectasis
Respiratory tract infections
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Anti-Bacterial Agents
030227 psychiatry
Female
Macrolides
medicine.symptom
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1757790X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ae4acfe1b2d0a6d44ac27fe0c300e04c