A 37-year-old woman with a history of depression treated with sertraline presents with new-onset restlessness, sweating, tremor, diarrhoea, and hyperr...

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A 37-year-old woman with a history of depression treated with sertraline presents with new-onset restlessness, sweating, tremor, diarrhoea, and hyperreflexia after starting linezolid for pneumonia. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Serotonin syndrome

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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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Anticholinergic toxicity

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Sepsis

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Opioid withdrawal

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Serotonin syndrome

A 37-year-old woman with a history of depression treated with sertraline presents with new-onset restlessness, sweating, tremor, diarrhoea, and hyperreflexia after starting linezolid for pneumonia. What is the most likely diagnosis?