Anticipating potential linezolid-SSRI interactions in the general hospital setting: An MAOI in disguise

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 330-334

  Sola, Christopher L ^a,b   Bostwick, J Michael ^a   Hart, Dionne A ^a   Lineberry, Timothy W ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; ISOCARBOXAZID; LAZABEMIDE; LINEZOLID; MILACEMIDE; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; RASAGILINE; SELEGILINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRANYLCYPROMINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; LETHALITY; PSYCHIATRIST; SEROTONIN SYNDROME;

EID: 33644666120     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.3.330     Document Type: Article

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