Failure of Linezolid Treatment for Enterococcal Endocarditis
Open Access
- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 37 (3) , e29-e30
- https://doi.org/10.1086/375877
Abstract
We describe a patient with Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis who failed to respond to treatment with linezolid.Keywords
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