Oseltamivir

Oseltamivir- related psychiatric manifestations.

The importance effect on the population of the new virus Influenza A/H1N1 and the potential therapeutic with Oseltamivir. Clinical case. Patient of 62 years old, without history of interest, contracted Influeza A, that she undergoes a confusional syndrome responding to antipsychotics and with complete recovery after the episode. Conclusions. Establish the possible relationship between the vario...

Oseltamivir-Resistant Influenza A Viruses

Assay to Detect Oseltamivir Resistance

To the Editor: Oseltamivir is a neuraminidase inhibitor approved for treatment and prevention of influenza virus infection. Oseltamivir resistance caused by a single amino acid substitution from histidine (H) to tyrosine (Y) at position 274 of the neuraminidase active site has been reported in persons infected both experimentally and naturally with influenza A virus subtype H5N1 (1,2). Evidence...

Psychiatric symptoms during oseltamivir treatment.

I found the recent report that appeared in your publication entitled Psychiatric symptom during oseltamivir treatment to be extremely interesting. Lan et al concluded that “the possibility that oseltamivir can cause psychotic or affective symptoms suggests that additional caution is necessary for its use in patients with an established psychiatric diagnosis.” In fact, oseltamivir is considered ...

Oseltamivir-resistant pandemic H1N1 influenza.

E420 CMAJ, April 19, 2011, 183(7) © 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors In December 2009, a 27-year-old man with severe influenza-like illness was admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Saint John, New Brunswick. The patient had asthma, obesity (body mass index 40.7 kg/m) and untreated familial hypercholesterolemia. He had not received immunization against pandemic H1N1 influenz...