Clarithromycin-induced myoclonic status epilepticus

Myoclonus is a sudden brief involuntary activity and is either epileptic or non-epileptic. Myoclonic seizures are common in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and in the much rarer childhood epilepsies, such as Dravet syndrome and Doose syndrome. However, they also occur at any age in adults. Myoclonic seizures may occur in cortical stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Lance-Adams syndrome, autoimmune limbic encephalitis and toxic-metabolic disorders. Clarithromycin may also cause myoclonic status epilepticus. We report a patient with myoclonic status epilepticus induced by clarithromycin.