Linezolid
Linezolid is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.
To view the entire topic, please sign in or purchase a subscription.
Official website of the Johns Hopkins Antibiotic (ABX), HIV, Diabetes, and Psychiatry Guides, powered by Unbound Medicine. Johns Hopkins Guide App for iOS, iPhone, iPad, and Android included. Explore these free sample topics:
-- The first section of this topic is shown below --
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Pneumonia, hospital-acquired caused by MRSA, MSSA, and S. pneumoniae.
- Generally reserved for MRSA.
- Community acquired pneumonia caused by S. pneumoniae and MSSA.
- Not a preferred agent for CAP.
- Infections due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE), with or without concurrent bacteremia.
- Complicated and uncomplicated skin and skin structure infection including diabetic foot ulcers (without osteomyelitis).
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Vascular catheter associated sepsis
- Surgical wound infections
- Furuncle/carbuncle
- Cellulitis/erysipelas
- Osteomyelitis, acute (second-line agent)
- Osteomyelitis, chronic (second-line agent)
- Septic arthritis, community-acquired (limited data)
- Hardware associated septic arthritis (limited data)
- Tuberculosis
- Non-tubercular mycobacteria
- Nocardia
-- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please sign in or purchase a subscription --
Last updated: October 2, 2018
Citation
Dzintars, Kathryn, and Paul A Pham. "Linezolid." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2018. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540316/all/Linezolid.
Dzintars K, Pham PA. Linezolid. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540316/all/Linezolid. Accessed May 20, 2019.
Dzintars, K., & Pham, P. A. (2018). Linezolid. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540316/all/Linezolid
Dzintars K, Pham PA. Linezolid [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. [cited 2019 May 20]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540316/all/Linezolid.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - Linezolid
ID - 540316
A1 - Dzintars,Kathryn,Pharm.D., BCPS
AU - Pham,Paul,Pharm.D.
Y1 - 2018/10/02/
BT - Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
UR - https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540316/all/Linezolid
PB - The Johns Hopkins University
DB - Johns Hopkins Guide
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -