GAITHERSBURG, MD. -- Linezolid, the first new type of antibiotic...Food and Drug Administration approved linezolid for infections associated with vancomycin-resista...supported the efficacy and safety of linezolid in treating these indications. Linezolid...

...methods in typical practices Toronto - Linezolid, the first of a new class of antibiotics...complicated skin and soft tissue infections, linezolid is associated with a statistically significantly...desirable to know the extent to which linezolid may affect hospital discharges as the...

Resistance to linezolid s owed up less than 1 year after the...Illinois at Chicago and his colleagues. Linezolid resistance was detected in isolates...Three patients initially responded to linezolid but then developed resistance and were...

...FRANCISCO -- The newly approved antibiotic linezolid may find a niche in the prophylactic...resistant to penicillin, ampicillin, or linezolid. Azithromycin, a safe and convenient...needed to determine the safety of using linezolid in pregnancy and intrapartum, he added...

...open-label trial to compare the clinical safety and efficacy of linezolid to vancomycin in the treatment of complicated skin and soft...Condition Treatment or Intervention Phase Staphylococcal Drug: Linezolid Phase IV skin infections Drug: Vancomycin Soft tissue infections...

...Gram-positive panels list vancomycin and linezolid as the only antibiotics to which the...Most MRSA isolates test sensitive to linezolid, an oral drug that is usually well tolerated...myelosuppression and thrombocytopenia. Linezolid costs $120 per day (i.e., $1,200 for...

Pharmacia & Upjohn has reported Phase II results on Zyvox (linezolid), the first in a new class of antibiotics, that suggest the compound is effective against community-acquired pneumonia. The company...

...patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus species (MRSS) infections suggest that individuals who received ZYVOX(TM) (linezolid), an investigational new antibiotic being developed by Pharmacia & Upjohn (NYSE: PNU), were discharged sooner during the...

Linezolid is the first drug in a new class of synthetic antimicrobials...to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Linezolid is active against methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant...peripheral neuropathy after prolonged treatment with linezolid. Linezolid-associated peripheral neuropathy ...

Linezolid is the first in a new class of antimicrobials, the oxazolidinones. This antimicrobial is approved to...ongoing experience shows limitations in their use. We report two patients with infections caused by linezolid-resistant and possible linezolid-nonsusceptible bacteria and provide commentary on ...