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Linezolid update: stable in vitro activity following more than a decade of clinical use and summary of associated resistance mechanisms.
Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2014
Mendes Rodrigo E, Deshpande Lalitagauri M, Jones Ronald N
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Linezolid, approved for clinical use since 2000, has become an important addition to the anti-Gram-positive infection armamentarium. This oxazolidinone drug has in vitro and in vivo activity against essentially all Gram-positive organisms, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). The in vitro activity of linezolid was well documented prior to its...
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