Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole-related acute psychosis in the second course of treatment after a stem cell transplant: case report and literature review

Hui-Hua Hsiao; Neng-Sheng Chu; Yu-Fen Tsai; Chao-Sung Chang; Sheng-Fung Lin; Ta-Chih Liu

doi:10.6002/ect.2013.0119

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole-related acute psychosis in the second course of treatment after a stem cell transplant: case report and literature review

Exp Clin Transplant. 2013 Oct;11(5):467-8. doi: 10.6002/ect.2013.0119.

Authors

Hui-Hua Hsiao¹, Neng-Sheng Chu, Yu-Fen Tsai, Chao-Sung Chang, Sheng-Fung Lin, Ta-Chih Liu

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

PMID: 24128138
DOI: 10.6002/ect.2013.0119

Abstract

The case report describes a woman who has an acute psychosis episode during the second course of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole therapy, after having an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant that favored a dose-related effect of this adverse effect.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Anti-Infective Agents / adverse effects*
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Female
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / therapy*
Psychoses, Substance-Induced / diagnosis
Psychoses, Substance-Induced / etiology*
Risk Factors
Transplantation, Homologous
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / adverse effects*

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination