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<Articles JournalTitle="Iranian Journal of Public Health">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Public Health</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2251-6085</Issn>
      <Volume>43</Volume>
      <Issue>9</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2014</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Moxifloxacin Induced Seizures -A Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>1291</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>4</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Jiana</FirstName>
        <LastName>Shi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">1. Dept. of Pharmacy, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009 , China ; 2. Dept. of Pharmacy, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310012 , China.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Huimin</FirstName>
        <LastName>Xu</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">1. Dept. of Pharmacy, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009 , China.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">A 73-year-old female patient developed a generalized tonic-clonic seizure on the 6th day after treatment with moxifloxacin 400 mg daily intravenously for appendicitis. This patient had atrial fibrillation and history of a surgery for intracerebral hemorrhage, with impaired renal function and liver function, but without history of seizures. Moxifloxacin was discontinued and switched to cefuroxime. The patient remained seizure-free at discharge four days later. The naranjo adverse drug reaction probability scale score was 4, indicating a possible adverse reaction to moxifloxacin. The potential risk factors related to moxifloxacin-induced seizures are discussed. It highlights that preexisting central nervous system disease, elderly female with lower bodyweight and severe renal impairment may be the risk factors involved in moxifloxacin-induced seizures.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3918</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/3918/3579</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
