Clinical Infectious Diseases · 1995 · 63 citations · 2 references
PharmacyPharmacologyPharmacotherapyAntimicrobial PharmacotherapyInfectious Disease PharmacotherapyPsychopharmacologyAcute Psychosis ManagementHuman Immunodeficiency Virus PharmacotherapyMental IllnessPsychiatric Effects Of MedicationsTreatment Of Mental DisordersAcute Psychosis EvaluationAdverse Drug ResponseDrug-induced ManiaMedical Causes Of PsychosisMedication-induced ManiaMedication-induced PsychosisPsychosis PharmacotherapyPsychotic Mania Management
Acute psychosis was observed in two patients with AIDS who were treated with clarithromycin for disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection. The psychosis resolved when treatment with clarithromycin was discontinued and recurred when it was resumed. An adverse response to clarithromycin therapy is a rare but curable cause of acute psychosis in patients with AIDS.
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