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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 48
| Issue : 5 | Page : 599-600 |
Cefepime-induced neurotoxicity in a patient with coronary artery bypass
Megha Shah1, Hetalkumar Shah2, Atul Maslekar2
1 Department of Pharmacology, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Megha Shah
Department of Pharmacology, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.190763
We present here a case of 58-year-old male operated for coronary artery bypass graft surgery with four grafts. He developed neurologic symptoms with injection cefepime which recovered after withdrawal of the drug.
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