Emergence of linezolid resistance in a methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain

Infection. 2008 Feb;36(1):85-7. doi: 10.1007/s15010-007-7220-7. Epub 2007 Dec 28.

Authors

M Hentschke, B Saager, M A Horstkotte, S Scherpe, M Wolters, H Kabisch, R Grosse, P Heisig, M Aepfelbacher, H Rohde

PMID: 18165857
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-7220-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acetamides / pharmacology*
Acetamides / therapeutic use
Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications
Linezolid
Male
Methicillin Resistance
Oxazolidinones / pharmacology*
Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcus aureus / classification
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

Substances

Acetamides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Oxazolidinones
Linezolid