title: A rare adverse effect of metronidazole: nervous system symptoms.
abstract: Metronidazole, as a 5-nitroimidazole compound, is effective on anaerobic bacteria and protozoon diseases. Mostly, metronidazole is a tolerable drug but rarely presents serious adverse effects on the nervous system. In case of these adverse effects, treatment must be stopped.In this report, a 3-year-old child hospitalized because of diarrhea is presented. During the metronidazole treatment, loss of sight, vertigo, ataxia, and headache occurred as the adverse effects. By this report, we want to express the rare adverse effects of drugs in the differential diagnoses of nervous system diseases.
authors.affiliation: İstanbul Şişli Etfal Research and Teaching Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ihsan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kafadar
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moustafa
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yalçın
authors.forename: Betül Aydn
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Klç
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001259:Ataxia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003289:Convalescence; D004244:Dizziness / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000188:drug therapy; D006261:Headache / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014717:Vertigo / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D008795:Metronidazole