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[Linezolid for the treatment of newborns infected with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium].

Griselda Berberián, G Castro, Silvia Fistolera, Mónica Travaglianti, Horacio Ángel Lopardo, Antonio Mastroianni, María Teresa Rosanova

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Five patients hospitalized in the neonatal unit between 2002 and 2007, infected with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium treated with linezolid are presented in this study. This antibiotic showed good clinical efficacy and safety, since no adverse events occured in this group of patients.

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Key concepts: Linezolid, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus, Vancomycin, Medicine, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, Adverse effect, Antibiotics