TBTC Study 30: Safety and Tolerability of Low Dose Linezolid in MDR TB
Jussi Saukkonen, MD, Waffa El-Sadr, MD, Nesri Padayachin, MBChB
Abstract
The antibiotic linezolid when given for the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is safe and tolerated at a low dose (600 mg daily) for a limited duration (16 weeks)
MeSH terms
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
- Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
- Optic Nerve Diseases
- Anemia
- Thrombocytopenia