Memantine-responsive catatonia secondary to tuberculosis, neurocysticercosis, and pneumococcal pneumonia: A case series
Catatonia, a psychomotor disorder, can have underlying psychiatric and medical etiologies. Around 29% of the catatonias with medical etiologies are related to either infectious or immune causes. Benzodiazepines like lorazepam and electroconvulsive therapy are the conventional treatment modalities fo...
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| author | Debanjan Bhattacharjee Ujjwal Bandyopadhyay |
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| description | Catatonia, a psychomotor disorder, can have underlying psychiatric and medical etiologies. Around 29% of the catatonias with medical etiologies are related to either infectious or immune causes. Benzodiazepines like lorazepam and electroconvulsive therapy are the conventional treatment modalities for catatonia. In this case series, three cases of catatonia secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumococcal pneumonia, and neurocysticercosis have been described, in which conventional treatment modalities like lorazepam or electroconvulsive therapy either failed or were disadvantageous and were successfully treated with memantine (20–30 mg). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9b69e65a85f04b249515f42bcdd6060a2025-01-26T08:57:46ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Psychiatry0019-55451998-37942023-11-0165111197119910.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_696_23Memantine-responsive catatonia secondary to tuberculosis, neurocysticercosis, and pneumococcal pneumonia: A case seriesDebanjan BhattacharjeeUjjwal BandyopadhyayCatatonia, a psychomotor disorder, can have underlying psychiatric and medical etiologies. Around 29% of the catatonias with medical etiologies are related to either infectious or immune causes. Benzodiazepines like lorazepam and electroconvulsive therapy are the conventional treatment modalities for catatonia. In this case series, three cases of catatonia secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumococcal pneumonia, and neurocysticercosis have been described, in which conventional treatment modalities like lorazepam or electroconvulsive therapy either failed or were disadvantageous and were successfully treated with memantine (20–30 mg).https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_696_23catatoniainfectionmemantineneurocysticercosispneumoniatuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Debanjan Bhattacharjee Ujjwal Bandyopadhyay Memantine-responsive catatonia secondary to tuberculosis, neurocysticercosis, and pneumococcal pneumonia: A case series Indian Journal of Psychiatry catatonia infection memantine neurocysticercosis pneumonia tuberculosis |
| title | Memantine-responsive catatonia secondary to tuberculosis, neurocysticercosis, and pneumococcal pneumonia: A case series |
| title_full | Memantine-responsive catatonia secondary to tuberculosis, neurocysticercosis, and pneumococcal pneumonia: A case series |
| title_fullStr | Memantine-responsive catatonia secondary to tuberculosis, neurocysticercosis, and pneumococcal pneumonia: A case series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Memantine-responsive catatonia secondary to tuberculosis, neurocysticercosis, and pneumococcal pneumonia: A case series |
| title_short | Memantine-responsive catatonia secondary to tuberculosis, neurocysticercosis, and pneumococcal pneumonia: A case series |
| title_sort | memantine responsive catatonia secondary to tuberculosis neurocysticercosis and pneumococcal pneumonia a case series |
| topic | catatonia infection memantine neurocysticercosis pneumonia tuberculosis |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_696_23 |
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