Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci.  2019 Mar;17(2):326-328. 10.9758/cpn.2019.17.2.326.

Musical Hallucination Caused by Ceftazidime in a Woman with a Hearing Impairment

• Song CI
• Jung YE

• KMID: 2456738
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2019.17.2.326

Abstract

Musical hallucinations remain a poorly understood clinical phenomenon, possibly because these types of hallucination have multiple causes and are rarely the focus of published reports. Here, the case of a 51-year-old female patient with a hearing impairment who developed musical hallucinations during treatment with ceftazidime, a third-generation cephalosporin, is presented. She responded to the discontinuation of ceftazidime and the initiation of low-dose olanzapine treatment. Musical hallucinations associated with ceftazidime are very rare, and the mechanisms underlying its occurrence remain unknown. Further studies will be necessary to determine the pathophysiology of adverse psychiatric reactions associated with ceftazidime.

Keyword

Ceftazidime; Musical hallucination; Adverse drug reaction; Hearing impairment

MeSH Terms

Ceftazidime*
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Female
Hallucinations*
Hearing Loss*
Hearing*
Humans
Middle Aged
Music*
Ceftazidime