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Published on: August 11, 2008
Ciprofloxacin-induced acute psychosis in a patient with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Christine Norra1, Erik Skobel, Christian Breuer
1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany. cnorra@ukaachen.de
Abstract:
Tuberculosis (TB) increasingly appears in a multidrug-resistant form (MDR-TB) in Europe, too. Treatment remains difficult due to various side effects of the multi-drug-regimens. Ciprofloxacin is widely used as one of the few TB-second-line drugs. We report on the course of a ciprofloxacin-induced acute psychosis in a patient with MDR(isoniazid, streptomycin)-TB which resolved after cessation of ciprofloxacin treatment and introduction of a novel oxazolidone. Careful treatment considerations particularly in patients with additional predisposing factors to neuropsychiatric symptoms are recommended in the potentially dangerous MDR-TB, thus creating an enormous therapeutic challenge.
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