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What about Linezolid? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linezolid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linezolid

• w4 13y ago
  The Wiki article you linked specifically mentions Linezolid isn't necessarily effective against many Gram-negatives (the resistant bacteria): Linezolid has no clinically significant effect on most Gram-negative bacteria. Pseudomonas and the Enterobacteriaceae, for instance, are not susceptible.[90] In vitro, it is active against Pasteurella multocida,[2][91] Fusobacterium, Moraxella catarrhalis, Legionella, Bordetella, and Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, and moderately active (having a minimum inhibitory concentration for 90% of strains of 8 mg/L) against Haemophilus influenzae.[87][90] It has also been used to great effect as a second-line treatment for Capnocytophaga infections.[43][92]
  • eranation 13y ago
    Oh, thanks, missed that.
• carbocation 13y ago
  You basically have polymixins (colistin) and, depending on resistance profile, fosfomycin and tigecycline. Colistin is avoided if possible because of nephrotoxicity, but as usual, medicine is a field heavily involved in balancing risks and benefits.
  • eranation 13y ago
    I wish I haven't skipped Biology in school...