Serotonin Syndrome and Linezolid

Wigen, Christine L.
Goetz, Matthew B.

Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles

Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Matthew B. Goetz, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (111-F), 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90073 ([email protected]).

Received October 1, 2001

Received in revised form January 30, 2002

Clinical Infectious Diseases 34(12):p 1651-1652, June 15, 2002. | DOI: 10.1086/340710

We present a case of serotonin syndrome in a patient who initiated linezolid therapy shortly after discontinuation of therapy with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (paroxetine).