Abstract
# {#article-title-2} I read with interest the article by Hocker and Rabinstein1 in the December 2011 issue of Neurology ® Clinical Practice . The authors report a post–coronary artery bypass graft patient with cefepime neurotoxicity mimicking postanoxic encephalopathy with postanoxic myoclonic status epilepticus. There was no surface EEG correlate to the patient's myoclonic jerks. In postanoxic myoclonus and myoclonic epilepsies there is a generalized spike wave or polyspike and wave surface EEG correlate to the patient's myoclonic jerks. The surface EEG correlate helps to distinguish cortical myoclonus, which may respond to anticonvulsants such as levetiracetam, clonazepam, and sodium valproate, … Correspondence to: Hocker.Sara{at}mayo.edu Correspondence to: waldo.guerrero{at}neurology.ufl.edu Correspondence to: Hocker.Sara{at}mayo.edu
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