Levofloxacin-induced hemichorea-hemiballism in a patient with previous thalamic infarction

Neurol Sci. 2018 Aug;39(8):1483-1485. doi: 10.1007/s10072-018-3298-1. Epub 2018 Mar 6.

Authors

Ruggero Bacchin¹, Francesco Macchione², Davide Cardellini², Riccardo Orlandi², Alberto Gajofatto², Gianluigi Zanusso², Gaetano Vattemi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, P.le L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy. bacchin.ruggeroangelo@gmail.com.
² Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, P.le L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy.

PMID: 29511961
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-018-3298-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
Brain Infarction / complications*
Brain Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Chorea / chemically induced*
Chorea / diagnostic imaging
Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / diagnostic imaging
Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / etiology*
Humans
Levofloxacin / adverse effects*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / drug therapy
Thalamus / diagnostic imaging
Thalamus / pathology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Levofloxacin