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: Helio S. Sader, Ana C. Gales, Ronald N. Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000400002&lng=en&tlng=en