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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 48
| Issue : 1 | Page : 91-92 |
Linezolid and Rasagiline - A culprit for serotonin syndrome
Mohamed Hisham, Mundalipalayam N Sivakumar, V Nandakumar, S Lakshmikanthcharan
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Mohamed Hisham
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.174573
A 65-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital for cellulitis. She had a history of diabetes mellitus and parkinsonism on levodopa/carbidopa, rasagiline, ropinirole, trihexyphenidyl, amantadine, metformin, and glipizide. We present here a case of rare incidence of serotonin syndrome associated with linezolid and rasagiline.
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