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- noun pharmacology A
synthetic antibiotic of theoxazolidinone class.
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Examples
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There is one other drug from the same family with Food and Drug Administration approval, linezolid, which is marketed by
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Clinicians treating multidrug-resistant TB often are forced to turn to agents such as linezolid that are associated with potentially serious adverse events with long-term exposure.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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The study will test the efficacy and safety of using the drug to treat acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection in comparison to linezolid, or Zyvox.
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They will surely not be able to afford vancomycin and linezolid once resistant strains of bacteria become commonplace.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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They will surely not be able to afford vancomycin and linezolid once resistant strains of bacteria become commonplace.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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The study will test the efficacy and safety of using the drug to treat acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection in comparison to linezolid, or Zyvox.
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The doctor, David Tullis, checked her over, lanced the swelling, and recommended drugs for both of them: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for Steve, and linezolid for Sue because she is allergic to sulfa drugs.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Her surgeon referred her to an infectious-diseases consultant, who prescribed linezolid plus rifampin, mupirocin to decolonize her nose, and more painkillers.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Good clinical outcomes but high rates of adverse reactions during linezolid therapy for serious infections: a proposed protocol for monitoring therapy in complex patients.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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It has developed several types of resistance to vancomycin, a glycopeptide, which for decades was the MRSA drug of last resort, and is beginning to exhibit resistance to drugs in newly developed families that were intended to replace vancomycin: linezolid (Zyvox), an oxazolidinone, and daptomycin (marketed as Cubicin), a lipopeptide.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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