Use of Linezolid, an Oxazolidinone, in the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Open Access
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 30 (1), 146-151
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313597
Abstract
We report our experience with linezolid in an investigation of its use against resistant gram-positive bacterial infections. Fifteen patients who hadKeywords
This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
- National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, Data Summary from October 1986–April 1998, Issued June 1998American Journal of Infection Control, 1998
- Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Why Did It Happen in the United States?Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1998
- Enterococcal Bacteremia in the Surgical Intensive Care UnitArchives of Surgery, 1997
- Emergence of Increased Resistance to Quinupristin/ Dalfopristin During Therapy for Enterococcus faecium BacteremiaClinical Infectious Diseases, 1997
- Risk Factors Associated with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Infection or Colonization in 145 Matched Case Patients and Control PatientsClinical Infectious Diseases, 1996
- Nosocomial Infections with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus fuecium in Liver Transplant Recipients: Risk Factors for Acquisition and MortalityClinical Infectious Diseases, 1996
- Risk Factors for Mortality Associated With Enterococcal Bloodstream InfectionsInfection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1996
- Differences in Outcomes for Patients with Bacteremia Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium or Vancomycin-Susceptible E. faeciumClinical Infectious Diseases, 1996
- Use of Bacitracin Therapy for Infection Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faeciumClinical Infectious Diseases, 1995
- New criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis: utilization of specific echocardiographic findingsThe American Journal of Medicine, 1994