Clinical pharmacology of linezolid: An oxazolidinone antimicrobial agent

Tina Quanbee Tan; Ram Yogev

doi:10.1586/17512433.1.4.479

Clinical pharmacology of linezolid: An oxazolidinone antimicrobial agent

Tina Quanbee Tan, Ram Yogev^*

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Pediatrics

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Abstract

The oxazolidinones are a new class of antibiotics whose mechanism of action is the inhibition of bacterial protein synthesis by binding to the 50S ribosomal subunit. Linezolid is the first member of this class of antibiotics to be approved by the US FDA and other regulatory bodies for the treatment of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive pathogens, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, glycopeptide-intermediate S. aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, in adults and children.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	479-489
Number of pages	11
Journal	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology
Volume	1
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1586/17512433.1.4.479
State	Published - Jul 1 2008

Keywords

Enterococcus
Gram-positive bacteria
Linezolid
Oxazolidinone
Staphydococcus aureus

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Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all)
Pharmacology (medical)

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