Focal seizures with a migrating aspect in infants treated with beta-lactam antibiotics – Report of two cases
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Olivier Bustarret; Anna Kaminska; Rima Nabbout; Kien Minh Nguyen; Monika Eisermann; Myriam Jugie
- Source
- Neurophysiologie Clinique. 50:81-86
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Carbapenem
medicine.drug_class
Cephalosporin
Antibiotics
Ceftazidime
Meropenem
050105 experimental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Age groups
Seizures
Physiology (medical)
Internal medicine
polycyclic compounds
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
business.industry
05 social sciences
Multifocal seizures
Infant
General Medicine
biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition
bacterial infections and mycoses
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Carbapenems
Neurology
Neurology (clinical)
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
medicine.drug
Beta lactam antibiotics
- Language
- ISSN
- 0987-7053
Seizures caused by beta-lactam antibiotics are relatively rare. However, they represent a clinically significant phenomenon and have been widely reported in all age groups. Here we describe two infants presenting subtle multifocal seizures with a migrating aspect on EEG during beta-lactam antibiotic treatment with agents from the carbapenem group (meropenem) and the cephalosporin group (ceftazidime).