Linezolid Toxicity and Mitochondrial Susceptibility: A Novel Neurological Complication in a Lebanese Patient

• Main Authors: Ossama K. Abou Hassan (Author), Mohamad Karnib (Author), Riyad El-Khoury (Author), Georges Nemer (Author), Mamdouha Ahdab-Barmada (Author), Pierre Boukhalil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The recent rise in the use of linezolid to treat a variety of resistant pathogens has uncovered many side effects. Some patients develop lactic acidosis, myelosuppression, optic or peripheral neuropathies and myopathies. We evaluated an elderly patient who presented to the Emergency Room with linezo...