Antimicrobial activity of linezolid against Gram-positive cocci isolated in Brazil

Antimicrobial activity of linezolid against Gram-positive cocci isolated in Brazil

The new oxazolidinone linezolid and other antimicrobial agents used to treat Gram-positive infections were tested against 1,585 Gram-positive cocci; 1,260 staphylococci and enterococci isolates from patients hospitalized in Brazilian hospitals, and 325 S. pneumoniae isolates for patients with commun...

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Main Authors:	Sader Helio S., Gales Ana C., Jones Ronald N.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2001-01-01
Series:	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	Gram-positive cocci oxazolidinones antimicrobial resistance linezolid vancomycin resistance nosocomial infections
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000400002

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