Linezolid for endocarditis: A case series of 14 patients

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 679-682

  Tascini, Carlo ^a   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^a   Doria, Roberta ^a   Polidori, Marina ^a   Iapoce, Riccardo ^a   Fondelli, Serena ^a   Tagliaferri, Enrico ^a   Soldati, Ezio ^a   di Paolo, Antonello ^a   Leonildi, Alessandro ^a   Menichetti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gram positive; Linezolid; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PACEMAKER; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZOLIDINONES; SERUM BACTERICIDAL TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951547247     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq506     Document Type: Letter

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