
pmid: 22217888
Oculogyric crisis is a neurologic adverse event characterized by bilateral dystonic, usually upward, conjugate eye deviations. Cefixime is a third-generation cephalosporin and is widely used in clinical practice in childhood. Confusion, encephalopathy, coma, myoclonus, nonconvulsive status epilepticus, and seizures have been described with the use of cephalosporins. We presented a cefixime-induced oculogyric crisis in a 7-year-old boy during the treatment of urinary tract infection, and this is the first case of cefixime-induced oculogyric crisis whose ocular symptoms gradually disappeared within 48 hours after the drug was discontinued.
Male, Neurologic Examination, Staphylococcal Infections, Anti-Bacterial Agents, GABA Antagonists, Ocular Motility Disorders, Postoperative Complications, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Cefixime, Recurrence, Urinary Tract Infections, Dopamine Antagonists, Humans, Child
Male, Neurologic Examination, Staphylococcal Infections, Anti-Bacterial Agents, GABA Antagonists, Ocular Motility Disorders, Postoperative Complications, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Cefixime, Recurrence, Urinary Tract Infections, Dopamine Antagonists, Humans, Child
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