Al-Omran, A.M.; Al-Abdi, S.Y.; Al-Amer, H.M. Linezolid Add-On Rescue Therapy Cured MRSA Necrotizing Pneumonia: A Case Report in a Preterm Infant. Preprints2020, 2020070219. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0219.v1
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Al-Omran, A.M., Al-Abdi, S.Y., & Al-Amer, H.M. (2020). Linezolid Add-On Rescue Therapy Cured MRSA Necrotizing Pneumonia: A Case Report in a Preterm Infant. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0219.v1
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Al-Omran, A.M., Sameer Yaseen Al-Abdi and Hasan Mohammad Al-Amer. 2020 "Linezolid Add-On Rescue Therapy Cured MRSA Necrotizing Pneumonia: A Case Report in a Preterm Infant" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0219.v1
Abstract
Necrotizing pneumonia due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is devastating and difficult to treat in preterm infants. We report a case of severe MRSA necrotizing pneumonia in a preterm infant. As an add-on rescue therapy to vancomycin, linezolid rapidly cured this case after the failure of vancomycin plus rifampicin. This rapid cure suggests that adjunctive rather than rescue linezolid may be considered in such cases.
Medicine and Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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