CLARITHROMYCIN-INDUCED MANIA IN 2 PATIENTS WITH AIDS

Authors
NIGHTINGALE SD KOSTER FT MERTZ GJ LOSS SD
Citation
Sd. Nightingale et al., CLARITHROMYCIN-INDUCED MANIA IN 2 PATIENTS WITH AIDS, Clinical infectious diseases, 20(6), 1995, pp. 1563-1564
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
20
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1563 - 1564
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1995)20:6<1563:CMI2PW>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Acute psychosis was observed in two patients with AIDS who were treate d with clarithromycin for disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex inf ection. The psychosis resolved when treatment with clarithromycin was discontinued and recurred when it was resumed, An adverse response to clarithromycin therapy is a rare but curable cause of acute psychosis in patients with AIDS.