Antibiotic: It kills patients with special infection
The antibiotic Zyvox (linezolid) is killing patients whose catheters have caused an infection.
A new study has found that Zyvox dramatically increases the risk of death, compared with other antibiotics, when it is given to patients fitted with a catheter that became infected by organisms known as Gram negatives.
It comes as no great surprise to hear that Zyvox has never been licensed for use against Gram negative infection.
(Source: FDA website).
E-news broadcast 29 March 2007 No.346 [
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