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Five currently used antibiotics--moxalactam, cefotaxime, cefoperazone, metronidazole, and piperacillin--and bacitracin were compared for epileptogenetic effect against penicillin G as a standard when applied directly to cat cerebral cortex. Piperacillin was half as epileptogenic as penicillin. Moxalactam, cefotaxime, and cefoperazone showed epileptogenicity one-fourth to one-eighth that of penicillin on a milligram per cubic centimetre basis. Neither metronidazole nor bacitracin produced any focal seizure activity at the highest concentrations tested. Some of the newer cephalosporin antibiotics may have a significant risk of inducing seizure activity if high concentrations come in direct contact with neocortical tissue.
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PMID:Effect of the topical application of some newer antibiotics on the cerebral cortex. 361 66