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Pharmacodynamics of linezolid in a clinical isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae genetically modified to express lux genes
13 Aug 2003
Abstract excerpt
A bioluminescent clinical isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae was used to test the real-time effects of the oxazolidinone antibiotic, linezolid, on metabolism compared with effects on cell replication. Viable counts and bioluminescence measurements showed that linezolid has little bactericidal effect, which was similar at minimum (6 mg/L), intermediate (13 mg/L) and maximum (20 mg/L) serum concentrations. The...
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