caa a22 4500 38808457X CHVBK 20180307125226.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100143968 doi S0022215100143968 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100143968 Metronidazole ototoxicity - report of two cases [Elektronische Daten] Two cases of bilateral moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss due to oral administration of metronidazole are reported. There has been only one case report of deafness following metronidazole therapy in the world literature. The hearing loss recovered gradually in a period of four to six weeks following withdrawal of drug and oral steroid therapy. The possible mechanism of ototoxicity is discussed. Awareness by the treating physician of ototoxicity due to any drug is stressed. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Hearing loss, sensorineural nationallicence Metronidasole nationallicence Drug toxicity nationallicence Iqbal S. M. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, JLN Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, India. Murthy J. G. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, JLN Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, India. Banerjee P. K. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, JLN Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, India. Vishwanathan K. A. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, JLN Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, India. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/4(1999-04), 355-357 0022-2151 113:4<355 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100143968 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100143968 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Iqbal S. M. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, JLN Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, India NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Murthy J. G. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, JLN Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, India NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Banerjee P. K. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, JLN Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, India NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vishwanathan K. A. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, JLN Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, India NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/4(1999-04), 355-357 0022-2151 113:4<355 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge