A Case of Linezolid-Associated Lactic Acidosis / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
; : 371-373, 2012.
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ABSTRACT
Linezolid has been used for treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infection, nosocomial pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pneumoniae, and complicated and uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections. Lactic acidosis is an adverse effect associated with drugs, including metformin, the nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors and, rarely, linezolid. We report a case in which severe lactic acidosis developed as an adverse effect of linezolid in a 75-year-old woman who had been on linezolid for 30 days for treatment of a wound infection caused by methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. Discontinuation of linezolid and hemodialysis improved her lactic acidosis.
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Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Skin
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Staphylococcus
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Wound Infection
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Acidosis, Lactic
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Cross Infection
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Methicillin Resistance
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Renal Dialysis
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2012
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Article