%0 Journal Article
%T The Occurrence of Metronidazole-Induced Encephalopathy in Cancer Patients: A Hospital-Based Retrospective Study
%A Chun-Ren Wei
%A Jui-Ping Tsai
%A Kevin Li-Chun Hsieh
%A Tu-Hsueh Yeh
%A Yuarn-Jang Lee
%J Archive of "Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology".
%D 2019
%R 10.4103/aian.AIAN_523_18
%X Metronidazole-induced encephalopathy (MIE) is a rare but serious complication caused by metronidazole, a widely used antianaerobic drug. Previous studies prescribed MIE including dysarthria, cerebellar ataxia, and confusion after long-term use of metronidazole. Malignancy has been proposed one of the predisposing conditions for MIE. However, the occurrence of MIE in cancer patients remains unknown
%K Anaerobic infection
%K cancer
%K encephalopathy
%K metronidazole
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6613425/