Linezolid Is Associated with Serotonin Syndrome in a Patient Receiving Amitriptyline, and Fentanyl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

We report a unique case of an adverse interaction between the oxazolidinone antibiotic linezolid, the tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline and the opioid analgesic fentanyl in a 68-year-old woman with advanced ischemic peripheral arterial disease and sepsis, under empirical antibiotic treatment. W...

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Main Authors: Lampros Samartzis, Paraskevi Savvari, Sofoklis Kontogiannis, Stavros Dimopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Psychiatry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/617251