Multicenter assessment of the linezolid spectrum and activity using the disk diffusion and Etest methods: report of the Zyvox® Antimicrobial Potency Study in Latin America (LA-ZAPS)

Multicenter assessment of the linezolid spectrum and activity using the disk diffusion and Etest methods: report of the Zyvox® Antimicrobial Potency Study in Latin America (LA-ZAPS)

Linezolid was the first clinically applied member of the new antimicrobial class called the "oxazolidinones". These agents have a powerful spectrum of activity focussed against Gram-positive organisms including strains with documented resistances to other antimicrobial classes. We conducte...

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Main Authors: Charles H. Ballow, Douglas J. Biedenbach, Flavia Rossi, Ronald N. Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Linezolid
oxazolidinones
antimicrobial surveillance
resistant Gram-positive cocci
ZAPS
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000300001&lng=en&tlng=en

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