Rhabdomyolysis in a patient treated with linezolid for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Prolonged use of linezolid was temporally and mechanistically associated with rhabdomyolysis in a patient being treated for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Careful laboratory monitoring of such subjects is important during prolonged linezolid therapy.
Medical subject headings
- Acetamides
- Antitubercular Agents
- Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
- Oxazolidinones
- Rhabdomyolysis