Cephalosporin-induced myoclonus

Quetiapine Induced Myoclonus

Miss D, a 19-year-old female presented to us with history suggestive of manic episode for the last 2 months. Her past history also revealed history of 2 GTCS around 6 years back for which no treatment was sought. Her family and personal history were non signiÞ cant. She was started on quetiapine gradually increased to 300 mg per day over a week and lorazepam 2 mg at night. She showed improvemen...

Negative Myoclonus Induced by Ciprofloxacin

BACKGROUND Negative myoclonus is characterized by a brief sudden loss of muscle activity, and can be caused by a variety of acquired factors and epilepsy syndromes. PHENOMENOLOGY SHOWN We show a clear video example of a patient with an extensive negative myoclonus that was induced by ciprofloxacin. EDUCATIONAL VALUE Several neurotoxic effects have been associated with the use of ciprofloxac...

Meropenem-induced myoclonus: A case report

A 61-year-old woman was seen at the intensive care unit because of myoclonic status. Her medical history included arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes. In the previous year she had been hospitalized because of dilated cardiomyopathy (ejection fraction 21%) and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia. At that time she was managed with an implantable cardiac defibrillator. On this admis...

Metoclopramide-induced facial and palatopharyngeal myoclonus.

A 61-year-old woman developed acute dyslalia, dysphonia, dysphagia, and facial rhythmic jerks 8 hours after the intake of 2 tablets of metoclopramide 10 mg, prescribed for nausea during respiratory infection. Examination revealed dysphonia, dyslalia, dysphagia, and myoclonus in the orbicularis oculi (video 1 on the Neurology® Web site at Neurology.org), orbicularis oris, and palatopharyngeal (v...

Cephalosporin-induced encephalopathy in uremic patients.