Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a renal allograft recipient treated successfully with a novel new antimicrobial agent (linezolid): New treatment options for infections due to resistant organisms

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1341-1342

  Antony, Suresh J ^a   Bitter, Karrie M ^a   Moreland, Toni ^a   Raudales, Fernando ^a   Diaz Luna, Hector ^a  

^a TEXAS ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BINDING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; OXAZOLES; OXAZOLIDINONES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0033509940     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313492     Document Type: Article

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