Elevated Clozapine Level Following Acute Infection in a Patient with Schizophrenia: a Case Report

East Asian Arch Psychiatry. 2020 Dec;30(4):120-121. doi: 10.12809/eaap1954.

Abstract

We describe a 58-year-old Chinese man with schizophrenia who presented with an elevated clozapine level suspected to be related to acute infection.

Keywords: Clozapine; Infections; Schizophrenia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects
  • Antipsychotic Agents / blood
  • Antipsychotic Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Clozapine / adverse effects
  • Clozapine / blood
  • Clozapine / pharmacokinetics*
  • Clozapine / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Schizophrenia / complications*
  • Schizophrenia / drug therapy
  • Urinary Tract Infections / blood*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / complications*

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Clozapine