Myopathy caused by polymyxin E: functional disorder of the cell membrane.
A myopathy caused by the activity of polymyxin E on the cell membrane was accompained by immunological manifestations. There were also disturbances of the central nervous system, contrasting with the absence of serious renal lesion.
D000368:Aged; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D001323:Autoantibodies; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000276:immunology; D003091:Colistin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004576:Electromyography; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005625:Frontal Lobe; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000276:immunology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010243:Paralysis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000276:immunology
D001323:Autoantibodies; D003091:Colistin