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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 5/2007

01-05-2007 | Correspondence

Linezolid as rescue therapy for pneumococcal meningitis

Authors: Paula Ramírez, Jose M. Sahuquillo, Concepción Cortés, Pedro Kot, Juan M. Bonastre

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 5/2007

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Excerpt

The classic treatment of choice for acute meningitis due to penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae is the combination of a third-generation cephalosporin, vancomycin, and dexamethasone [1]. However, the frequent existence of multiresistant strains and the appearance on the market of new antibiotics with better bioavailability could make it necessary for us to reconsider the choice. …
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Metadata
Title
Linezolid as rescue therapy for pneumococcal meningitis
Authors
Paula Ramírez
Jose M. Sahuquillo
Concepción Cortés
Pedro Kot
Juan M. Bonastre
Publication date
01-05-2007
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 5/2007
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0557-7

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