Binocular Diplopia: A Possible Adverse Effect of Fluoroquinolone Therapy

Mariama Touray; Victoria Ando; Erwin Samutelela; Jean-Philippe Zuber

doi:10.1155/2020/8843182

Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine (Jan 2020)

Binocular Diplopia: A Possible Adverse Effect of Fluoroquinolone Therapy

Mariama Touray,
Victoria Ando,
Erwin Samutelela,
Jean-Philippe Zuber

Affiliations

Mariama Touray: Etablissements Hospitaliers du Nord Vaudois, Internal Medicine, Saint-Loup Hospital, Pompaples, Switzerland
Victoria Ando: Etablissements Hospitaliers du Nord Vaudois, Internal Medicine, Saint-Loup Hospital, Pompaples, Switzerland
Erwin Samutelela: Jules-Gonin Ophthalmic Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Jean-Philippe Zuber: Etablissements Hospitaliers du Nord Vaudois, Internal Medicine, Saint-Loup Hospital, Pompaples, Switzerland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8843182
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2020

Abstract

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The adverse effects of fluoroquinolones are yet to be fully elucidated. We present an interesting case of a 41-year-old male with binocular diplopia most likely induced by the use of a fluoroquinolone antibiotic.

Published in Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine

ISSN: 2090-6722 (Print); 2090-6730 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Ophthalmology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1727

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