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      Rhabdomyolysis in a Patient Treated With Linezolid for Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

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          Abstract

          Prolonged use of linezolid was temporally and mechanistically associated with rhabdomyolysis in a patient being treated for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Careful laboratory monitoring of such subjects is important during prolonged linezolid therapy.

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          Journal
          Clin Infect Dis
          Clin. Infect. Dis
          cid
          cid
          Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
          Oxford University Press
          1058-4838
          1537-6591
          1 June 2012
          15 March 2012
          : 54
          : 11
          : 1624-1627
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Tuberculosis Research Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland
          [2 ] International Tuberculosis Research Center
          [3 ] National Masan Hospital , Changwon, Republic of Korea
          Author notes
          Correspondence: Myungsun Lee, MD, International Tuberculosis Research Center, 475-1 Gapo-Dong, Changwon, 631-710, Republic of Korea ( drsunny21c@ 123456gmail.com ).
          Article
          PMC3404720 PMC3404720 3404720 cis293
          10.1093/cid/cis293
          3404720
          22423128
          36e92ec0-8089-4e5a-82cf-f135064ba7f9
          Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012
          History
          : 23 February 2012
          : 23 February 2012
          Page count
          Pages: 4
          Categories
          Brief Reports

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