Antibiomania after triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori: Two case reports and a review of physiopathology

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Background and Objectives: The onset of manic symptoms in middle age requires clinicians to consider possible reversible causes, especially in patients with no previous psychiatric history. A number of drugs have been implicated as being among possible causes. The term antibiomania appeared to define cases of antibiotic-induced manic symptoms. This is a serious, but rare, adverse event. Several studies have described antimicrobial agents as being responsible for antibiomania. Our objective is to investigate the possible induction of manic symptoms by clarithromycin through two case reports and a review of the literature. Methods: We report two cases of clinical manic psychotic symptoms arising in the context of treatment with triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication. In addition, we summarize, in an unsystematic way, previously published evidence and pathophysiological mechanisms proposed. Conclusions: These and other previously published cases suggest that the use of triple therapy, and especially of clarithromycin, should always be considered as a possible cause of acute manic or psychotic episode. Published evidence on the pathophysiological mechanisms is speculative so the identification and dissemination of a larger number of antibiomania cases and systematic study of them may help us to understand the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms and improve our diagnostic skills.

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Miñambres, A., Cuevas-Esteban, J., Pardo, M., Baladón, L., & Planella, M. (2014). Antibiomania after triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori: Two case reports and a review of physiopathology. European Journal of Psychiatry, 28(2), 96–103. https://doi.org/10.4321/S0213-61632014000200003

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