Convulsion due to Ertapenem in a Renal Transplant Patient

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A new generation carbapenem, ertapenem has an important advantage as it can be administered once a day. Among carbapenems imipenem is known to have neurotoxic side effects and reduces the seizure threshold in the kidney diseases’patient population. Rare cases of ertapenem neurotoxicity have been reported. We present a 53-year-old kidney transplantrecipient with generalized convulsions who had renal dysfunction and was under ertapenem treatment due to urinary tractinfection.