title: Nonconvulsive status with metronidazole.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To expand the adverse events associated with metronidazole to include nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE).
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational single case report of a rare association.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospitalized lung transplant recipient treated with metronidazole for prevention of infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 56-year-old man with systemic symptoms, peripheral neuropathy, generalized seizure, and a subsequent acute deterioration of mental status due to NCSE.
  
  
  METHODS
  Administration of midazolam was successful in terminating status epilepticus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Abrupt termination of NCSE was evident on continuous bedside electroencephalogam associated with clinical resolution of mental status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Recovery occurred from NCSE eventually deteriorating to a fatal outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Metronidazole may be associated with successfully treated NCSE.
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Itatiba, Itatiba, Brazil.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cantador
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Meschia
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: W O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Tatum
keywords: EEG; encephalopathy; metronidazole; nonconvulsive status epilepticus; organ transplant