Linezolid audit: similarities and contrasts with published experience
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Linezolid audit: similarities and contrasts with published experience.
Sir, Ziglam et al. have recently reported an audit of linezolid use in a hospital in Scotland for the period March 2001–September 2003. We conducted a similar audit of linezolid use in a 504 bed teaching hospital, to assess the profile of patients prescribed linezolid, clinical and microbiological indications for treatment, adherence to the licensed indications and product specifications, and d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1460-2091,0305-7453
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl090