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Kwok-Chiu Chang1, Wing-Wai Yew, Siu-Wai Cheung, Chi-Chiu Leung, Cheuk-Ming Tam, Chi-Hung Chau, Peter Kin-Ho Wen, Raphael Chiu-Yeung Chan.
Abstract
We evaluated treatment with linezolid, dosed at 800 mg once daily for 1 to 4 months as guided by sputum culture status and tolerance and then at 1,200 mg thrice weekly until ≥ 1 year after culture conversion, in addition to individually optimized regimens among 10 consecutive patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis or fluoroquinolone-resistant multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. All achieved stable cure, with anemia corrected and neuropathy stabilized, ameliorated, or avoided after switching to intermittent dosing. Serum linezolid profiles appeared better optimized.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23650165 PMCID: PMC3697330 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00388-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191