We report the activity of the new oxazolidinone antimicrobial agent linezolid against 37 clinical isolates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (including organisms carrying the vanA, vanB, vanC-1, and vanC-2/3 genes), 26 clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant S. aureus and 20 clinical isolates of high-level penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae. All isolates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci were inhibited by ≤ 4 ug/ml of linezolid. All isolates of methicillin-resistant S. aureus were inhibited by ≤ 8 ug/ml of linezolid. All isolates of penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae were inhibited by ≤ 2 ug/ml of linezolid. Linezolid inhibits strains of multidrug resistant Gram-positive cocci in vitro at concentrations ≤ 8 ug/ml. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc.
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Patel, R., Rouse, M. S., Piper, K. E., & Steckelberg, J. M. (1999). In vitro activity of linezolid against vancomycin-resistant enterococci, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 34(2), 119–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00016-4
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