title: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia after thoracic surgery: successful treatment with linezolid after failed vancomycin therapy.
abstract: We describe 3 patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, hospital-acquired pneumonia who demonstrated a microbiological and clinical failure with vancomycin despite adequate trough levels. All 3 patients were cured with linezolid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.forename: Bobbak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vahid
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Marik
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000069349:Linezolid; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D023303:Oxazolidinones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D014640:Vancomycin; D000069349:Linezolid