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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Neurol. 2015 Dec 29;31(12):1412–1420. doi: 10.1177/0883073815620673

Table 3.

Conditions that can provoke seizures.

Change in intracranial pathology Infections in the immunocompromised Chemotherapy/other treatments Antibiotics Medication side effects Antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment failure
Progression of disease/recurrence of disease Meningitis Busulfan Imipenem Cefepime Metabolic/electrolyte derangements, particularly in sodium, magnesium, and calcium Drug-drug interactions with antiepileptics
Intracranial process affecting the hypothalamic-pituitary axis or systemic tumor excretion of antidiuretic hormone Encephalitis, particularly with HSV Cyclosporine Ifosfamide Penicillin Cephalosporins Hepatic and/ or renal impairment accelerating toxic-metabolic disorders or decreasing drug clearance Competition for protein binding changes serum antiepileptic drug levels
Surgical resection(s) Intracranial abscess formation Intrathecal cytarabine Critical drug-drug interactions with AEDs
PRES CAR T-cell therapy Neurotoxicity
Radiation therapy induced edema or pseudoprogression Combination of intrathecal liposomal cytarabine and high dose methotrexate Elevation in blood pressure
Intracranial hemorrhage L-asparaginase
Stroke, venous congestion stroke Intrathecal methotrexate