Successful treatment of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome with linezolid: a case report and in vitro evaluation of the production of toxic shock syndrome toxin type 1 in the presence of antibiotics

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Mar 1;42(5):729-30. doi: 10.1086/500265.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acetamides / therapeutic use*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacterial Toxins / metabolism*
  • Enterotoxins / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Linezolid
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use*
  • Shock, Septic / drug therapy*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism
  • Superantigens / metabolism*

Substances

  • Acetamides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Enterotoxins
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Superantigens
  • enterotoxin F, Staphylococcal
  • Linezolid