Citation

Ishitobi M, Shukunami K, Murata T, Wada Y. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2011; 27(7): 652-653.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PEC.0b013e318222558c

PMID

21730804

Abstract

Manic switching, which is mood changing from depression to mania, induced by intracranial viral infections have been previously reported. However, manic switching induced by influenza infection without intracranial viral infection in a patient with bipolar disorder (BD), has not been previously reported. We report a patient with adolescent BD who showed a first episode of hypomanic switching during influenza B infection without intracranial viral infection. In addition to neurological monitoring, careful psychiatric interventions for hypomanic state is very important to prevent inappropriate treatment of BD and reduce the risk of suicide attempts in cases presenting with hypomanic symptoms during influenza infection.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Male; Adolescent; Suicidal Ideation; Bipolar Disorder; Influenza, Human