Aseptic meningitis associated with intravenous administration of dexchlorpheniramine.
Drug-induced aseptic meningitis has been reported mainly with the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics, intravenous immunoglobulins and OKT3 antibodies. We describe today a very unusual reaction on intravenous dexchlorpheniramine with this case of aseptic meningitis.
Lafaurie
Matthieu
M
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10. mathieu.lafaurie@sls.ap-hop-paris.fr
Dixmier
Adrien
A
Molina
Jean-Michel
JM
D002744:Chlorpheniramine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications*
D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; C018904:dexchlorpheniramine; D002744:Chlorpheniramine