Linezolid

Linezolid is a synthetic systemic antibioticdrug.

It was the first commercially available oxazolidinoneantibiotic and is usually reserved for the treatment of serious bacterialinfections where older antibiotics have failed due to antibiotic resistance. Conditions such as skin infections or nosocomial pneumoniawhere methicillinor penicillinresistance is found are indicators for linezolid use. Compared to the older antibiotics it is quite expensive.

The drug works by inhibiting the initiation of bacterial protein synthesis; it is the only antibiotic to work in this manner. That and its synthetic nature raised hopes that bacteria would be unable to develop resistance to it and also remove the chance of cross-resistance. (However, in 1997 Staphylococcus aureus was first identified in Japan as being resistant to linezolid.) Linezolid is effective against gram-positivepathogens, notably Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Streptococcus pyogenes. It has almost no effect on gram-negative bacteria and is only bacteriostatic against most Enterococcusspecies.

The oxazolidinone class was discovered by researchers at E.I. duPont de Nemours and reported in 1987. Pharmacia Corporationdeveloped linezolid and FDAapproval was granted in April 2000. It is sold in the US under the tradename Zyvox in either tablet form, oral suspension powder, or in an inactive medium for intravenous injection.

Adverse effects

Side effects include rashes, loss of appetite, diarrhea, nausea, constipation and fever. A small number of patients will incur a severe allergic reaction, or tinnitis, or pseudomembranous colitis, or thrombocytopenia. Linezolid is a weak monoamine oxidase inhibitor(MAOI) and cannot be used with tyraminecontaining foods or pseudoephedrine.

Linezolid is toxic to mitochondria(probably because of the similarity of mitochondrial ribosomesto bacteria mitochondria). Signs of mitochondrial toxicity include lactic acidosisand peripheral neuropathy(Soriano et al., 2005).

External link

• http://www.zyvox.com/

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It uses material from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linezolid Wikipedia article Linezolid.