JAC Advance Access originally published online on March 20, 2006
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2006 57(5):1008-1009; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl090
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Linezolid audit: similarities and contrasts with published experience
1 Department of Medical Microbiology, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland; 2 Department of Pharmacology, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland
* Corresponding author. Tel: +353-91-544573; Fax: +353-91-524216; E-mail: Sinead.McNicholas@mailn.hse.ie
Keywords: MRSA , VRE , antibiotic usage
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Sir,
Ziglam et al.1 have recently reported an audit of linezolid use in a hospital in Scotland for the period March 2001September 2003. We conducted a similar audit of linezolid use in a 504 bed teaching hospital, to assess the profile of patients prescribed linezolid, clinical and microbiological indications for treatment, adherence to the licensed indications and product specifications, and documented adverse events.
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