Antibiotics (Drug Resistance)

Linezolid Effective Against Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 30th, 1999

Gram-positive bacterial infections are on the rise, as are the number of new strains of bacteria increasingly resistant to antibiotics.

For patients infected with these drug-resistant organisms, there are few, if any, therapeutic options.

Now, a study by researchers at Northwestern University Medical School and Northwestern Memorial Hospital reports that linezolid, a new antibiotic, is highly effective against a range of Gram-positive bacteria, including several antibiotic-resistant enterococci and staphylococci.

The study, which appeared in the August 1999 issue of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, described the largest...

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