Successful Treatment of Vertebral Osteomyelitis with Linezolid in a Patient Receiving Hemodialysis and with Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Bacteremias
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- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (1) , 208-209
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313897
Abstract
Sir—We read with interest a recent report describing the use of linezolid (PNU-100766) to treat a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) graft infecKeywords
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