About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 84. Chapters: Pentium 4, Linezolid, Acela Express, USB flash drive, PlayStation 2, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, Geronimo Stilton, Blackfin, DVD-Audio, BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, Charity Tate, Black Cat, TransMilenio, Perfect Dark, PunkBuster, Riddick, CueCat, GeForce 2 Series, E231 series, Edna Birch, Gawayn, Boilerplate, I-Cybie, CR4000, Litter Robot, Kimi Finster, Flying Super Saturator, 885 series, The Labyrinth Plus! Edition, PTR 91F, Rev, 3Com Audrey, Z/Architecture, Rocks Cluster Distribution, Multimedia Container Format, Pepsi Twist, Vivani, Propel Fitness Water, EMD GP20D, Regular Language description for XML, Poo-Chi, Cheap Monday, EMD GP15D, Lake Country Limited, Palm VIIx, LA Ice Cola, Zodiac Vodka, Wonka Xploder, Frontier. Excerpt: Linezolid (INN) ( - -lid) is a synthetic antibiotic used for the treatment of serious infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria that are resistant to several other antibiotics. A member of the oxazolidinone class of drugs, linezolid is active against most Gram-positive bacteria that cause disease, including streptococci, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The main indications of linezolid are infections of the skin and soft tissues and pneumonia (particularly hospital-acquired pneumonia), although off-label use for a variety of other infections is becoming popular. Linezolid is marketed by Pfizer under the trade names Zyvox (in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and several other countries), Zyvoxid (in Europe), and Zyvoxam (in Canada and Mexico). Generics are also available in India, such as Linospan (Cipla). Discovered in the 1990s and first approved for use in 2000, linezolid was the first commercially available 1,3-oxazolidinone antibiotic. As of 2009, it is the only marketed oxazolidinone, although others are in de...
