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Neurology India
Medknow Publications on behalf of the Neurological Society of India
ISSN: 0028-3886
EISSN: 0028-3886
Vol. 59, No. 1, 2011, pp. 66-67
Bioline Code: ni11014
Full paper language: English
Document type: Case Report
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Neurology India, Vol. 59, No. 1, 2011, pp. 66-67

 en Phenytoin toxicity presenting as acute meningo-encephalitis in children
Gupta, Vijay; Yadav, Tribhuvan P. & Yadav, Anita

Abstract

Phenytoin can produce significant dose-related toxicity because of its zero order pharmacokinetics and is an important issue in pediatric emergency medicine. It is important to differentiate phenytoin toxicity manifesting with symptoms like fever, vomiting, seizures, ataxia masquerading as acute meningo-encephalitic illness, more so at centers where facilities to measure serum phenytoin levels are not available. Here we describe two children with phenytoin toxicity, presenting to the emergency department with features suggestive of acute meningo-encephalitis.

Keywords
Children, meningo-encephalitis, phenytoin toxicity

 
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