| Literature DB >> 15909253 |
Lluis Palenzuela1, Noah M Hahn, Robert P Nelson, Janet N Arno, Carol Schobert, Robert Bethel, Lisa A Ostrowski, Manjuli R Sharma, Partha P Datta, Rajendra K Agrawal, Jennifer E Schwartz, Michio Hirano.
Abstract
Linezolid, an oxazolidinone antibiotic, inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by binding to 23S ribosomal RNA (rRNA). We studied 3 patients who experienced lactic acidosis while receiving linezolid therapy. The toxicity may have been caused by linezolid binding to mitochondrial 16S rRNA. Genetic polymorphisms may have contributed to the toxicity in 2 patients.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15909253 DOI: 10.1086/430441
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079