Case files of the Harvard medical toxicology fellowship: valacyclovir neurotoxicity and unintentional overdose

J Med Toxicol. 2015 Mar;11(1):132-6. doi: 10.1007/s13181-014-0457-5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Academic Medical Centers
  • Accidents, Home*
  • Acyclovir / analogs & derivatives*
  • Acyclovir / metabolism
  • Acyclovir / pharmacokinetics
  • Acyclovir / poisoning
  • Adult
  • Antiviral Agents / metabolism
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Antiviral Agents / poisoning*
  • Boston
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Overdose / diagnosis*
  • Drug Overdose / metabolism
  • Drug Overdose / physiopathology
  • Drug Overdose / therapy
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Fellowships and Scholarships
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Medical Staff, Hospital / education
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / diagnosis*
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / metabolism
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / physiopathology
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / therapy
  • Prodrugs / metabolism
  • Prodrugs / pharmacokinetics
  • Prodrugs / poisoning*
  • Status Epilepticus / chemically induced
  • Status Epilepticus / etiology
  • Toxicology / education
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Valacyclovir
  • Valine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Valine / metabolism
  • Valine / pharmacokinetics
  • Valine / poisoning
  • Workforce
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Prodrugs
  • Valine
  • Valacyclovir
  • Acyclovir