title: Metronidazole-induced encephalopathy: an uncommon scenario.
abstract: Metronidazole can produce neurological complications although it is not a common scenario. We present a case where a patient developed features of encephalopathy following prolonged metronidazole intake. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain showed abnormal signal intensity involving both dentate nuclei of cerebellum and splenium of corpus callosum. The diagnosis of metronidazole toxicity was made by the MRI findings and supported clinically.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. subratachakrabarti2011@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Subrata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.forename: Koushik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D008795:Metronidazole