[Exacerbation of myasthenia gravis by pefloxacin]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 1995 Apr;151(4):286-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Pefloxacine 800 mg single dose was given as routine treatment after a cystomanometric examination to a 45-year-old woman with a 30-month history of generalized myasthenia gravis. One hour after, the patient developed exacerbation of myasthenia gravis with bilateral ptosis and an increased generalized weakness. She experienced a rapid improvement during the next 8 hours and physical examination returned to normal within one day. No additional factors which might have contributed to the exacerbation of myasthenia gravis were found. The report of exacerbation of myasthenia gravis with other antibiotic belonging to the group of fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin and ofloxacin) prompt us to recommend caution with the use of all fluoroquinolones in myasthenic patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / adverse effects
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myasthenia Gravis / drug therapy*
  • Myasthenia Gravis / physiopathology
  • Pefloxacin / adverse effects*
  • Pefloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Urinary Incontinence, Stress / drug therapy
  • Urinary Incontinence, Stress / etiology

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Pefloxacin