Linezolid resistance in three isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci [1]

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 526-527

  Cieloszyk, Kinga ^a   Amodio Groton, Maria ^a   Saeed, Maheen ^a   Coyle, Christina M ^b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; FATALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AURICULARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMIDES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OXAZOLIDINONES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 34047206980     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H568     Document Type: Letter

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