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Linezolid use associated with lactic acidosis.

Kopterides P, Papadomichelakis E, Armaganidis A

Intensive Care Unit, 'Attikon' University Hospital, Athens, Greece. petkop@ath.forthnet.gr

Linezolid is a new synthetic antibiotic with a broad spectrum of activity against virtually all important Gram-positive infections. Lactic acidosis is a well known side-effect of metformin and nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors. We report a case in which lactic acidosis developed as an adverse effect of linezolid treatment.

Published 14 March 2005 in Scand J Infect Dis, 37(2): 153-4.
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