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- Title
‘Septrin psychosis’ among renal transplant patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.
- Authors
Walker, Lauren E.; Thomas, Sherine; McBride, Catherine; Howse, Matthew; Turtle, Lance C. W.; Vivancos, Roberto; Beeching, Nick J.; Beadsworth, Michael B. J.
- Abstract
Objectives To report on the temporal relationship between administration of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole to medically immunosuppressed HIV-negative renal patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) and the development of an acute psychosis. Methods We investigated a retrospective case series of renal transplant and immunosuppressed patients with PCP within an ongoing outbreak in the northwest of England since 2009. Four patients with PCP developed psychosis following treatment with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Results Four of twenty patients developed acute psychoses following administration of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, including one accidental re-challenge. Symptoms resolved within 24 h of changing the therapy. The striking temporal relationship between the initiation and discontinuation of the drug and the behavioural changes suggests a causal relationship. Conclusions With increasing solid organ transplantation and the use of immunosuppressants, vigilance regarding trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole dose modification is required and the routine use of therapeutic drug monitoring should be considered.
- Subjects
TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIBACTERIAL agents; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; PNEUMOCYSTIS pneumonia; IMMUNOLOGICAL deficiency syndrome complications
- Publication
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC), 2011, Vol 66, Issue 5, p1117
- ISSN
0305-7453
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jac/dkr050