Successful treatment of linezolid-induced severe lactic acidosis with continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration: A case report

• Main Authors: Naiju Zhang (Author), Fan Zhang (Author), Zhong Chen (Author), Rui Huang (Author), Juan Xia (Author), Jinchun Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Linezolid is an oxazolidinone antibiotic. Linezolid-associated lactic acidosis has been reported in 6.8% of linezolid-treated patients. Lactic acidosis is associated with poor clinical outcomes, with high blood lactate levels resulting in organ dysfunction and mortality. This case report describes t...