Linezolid for the treatment of multidrug-resistant, gram-positive infections: Experience from a compassionate-use program
Linezolid for the treatment of multidrug-resistant, gram-positive infections: Experience from a compassionate-use program
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DOI:
10.1086/345744
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发表时间:
2003-01-15
影响因子:
11.8
通讯作者:
Schentag, JJ
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作者:
Birmingham, MC;Rayner, CR;Schentag, JJ
Linezolid was provided for treatment of multidrug-resistant, gram-positive infections through a compassionate-use program. Patients (n = 796) received 600 mg of linezolid intravenously or orally every 12 It (828 treatment courses). Bacteremia was present in 46% of infections, endocarditis was present in 10.6%, and line-related infections were present in 31.1%. Other infections included intraabdominal infections (15.1%), complicated skin and skin-structure infections (13.3%), and osteomyelitis (10.7%). Causative pathogens included vancomycin-resistant enterococci (66.3%) and methicillin-resistant staphylococci (22.1%). Clinical intent-to-treat (ITT) outcomes in the evaluable population were as follows: cure, 73.3%; failure, 6.8%; and indeterminate, 19.9%. Microbiological ITT outcomes in evaluable patients were as follows: cure, 82.4%; failure, 14.1%; and indeterminate, 3.5%. At the test of cure assessment, the clinical cure and microbiological success rates were 91.5% and 85.8%, respectively. The most common adverse events possibly related to linezolid use were gastrointestinal disturbances (9.8% of cases), thrombocytopenia (7.4% of cases), decreased hemoglobin/hematocrit levels (4.1% of cases), and cutaneous reactions (4.0% of cases). Linezolid provided high rates of clinical cure and microbiological success in this complicated patient population, with very good overall tolerance.