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. 2020 Jun 30;59(20):2471–2480. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.4516-20

Table 1.

Clinical Characters of the Fifteen Patients with RESLES.

Patient no. Sex/
age
CNS manifestations Presumed etiology Associated drugs Therapy Inpatient/
outpatient
Hospital stays mRS
(up to 3m)
1 m/48 Sluggish in consciousness Pneumonia Piperacillin and tazobactam Ceftriaxon, arithromycin (moxifloxacin) Inpatient 11 0
2 m/43 Disarthria Suspected hyponatremia None Clopidogrel, Outpatient 0
3 m/44 Seizure, drowsiness and amnesia Hypoglycemia Gliclazide, dimethyldiguanide 250 mg.bid 50% dextrose, potassium chloride, aspirin, atorvastatin Inpatient 8 1
4 m/35 Headache Infection acyclovir, acetaminophen saline Inpatient 9 0
5 f/25 Seizure, confused consciousness Hyporexia hyponatremia None Saline, acyclovir, levetiracetam Outpatient 0
6 f/40 Headache postpartum, Pulmonary embolism None Warfarin Inpatient 11 0
7 f/24 Recurrent seizure levetiracetam Levetiracetam Levetiracetam Outpatient 0
8 m/23 Paroxysmal blurred vision bacterial respiratory infection Levofloxacin, acetaminophen Levofloxacin, Aspirin, atorvastatin Inpatient 10 0
9 m/23 Dizziness with nausea and vomiting Rabies vaccine injection rabies vaccine, Amoxicillin and paracetamol Ofloxacin, betahistine Outpatient 0
10 m/25 Dizziness, paresthesia, dysmetria, memory problem, proxysmal vertigo, motor fine skills deficit Hyperglycemia None Aspirin, atorvastatin, insulin, metformin Inpatient 5 0
11 f/43 None Carbamazepine Cabamazepine Outpatient 0 0
12 f/22 Hedache, loss of consciousness Valproate/seizure Valproate Valproate Inpatient 4 0
13 m/25 Dizzy, Paroxysmal blurred vision, unstable walk Unknown None Aspirin Outpatient 0 0
14 m/30 None Presumed virus infection None Amoxicillin, ceftriaxone, levofloxacin, piperacillin and tazobactam, linezolid, compound paracetamol, indomethacin Inpatient 8 0
15 m/53 Convulsion Seizure None None Outpatient 0 0

RESLES: reversible splenial lesion syndrome, Patient no.: patient number, m: male, f:female, CNS: central nervous system, mRS: modified Rankin Scale