Recent exposure to linezolid is strongly associated with the isolation of linezolid-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in patients with related infection or colonisation: a case-control study in an intensive care unit

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
• Case-Control Studies
• Coagulase / metabolism
• Drug Resistance, Bacterial / drug effects*
• Female
• France
• Humans
• Intensive Care Units
• Linezolid / therapeutic use*
• Male
• Methicillin / pharmacology
• Middle Aged
• Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*
• Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
• Staphylococcus / drug effects*
• Staphylococcus / isolation & purification