Oxazolidinones: Linezolid and Tedizolid

Linezolid

Serious infections caused by susceptible gram-positive bacteria Overview of Gram-Positive Bacteria Gram-positive bacteria are classified by the color they turn after a chemical called Gram stain is applied to them. Gram-positive bacteria stain blue when this stain is applied to them. (Other... read more such as Staphylococcus Staphylococcus aureus Infections Staphylococcus aureus is the most dangerous of all of the many common staphylococcal bacteria. These gram-positive, sphere-shaped (coccal) bacteria (see figure ) often cause skin infections... read more (including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA]), Streptococcus Streptococcal Infections Streptococcal infections are caused by any one of several species of Streptococcus. These gram-positive, sphere-shaped (coccal) bacteria (see figure ) cause many disorders, including... read more , and enterococci (including vancomycin-resistant enterococci) that are resistant to many other antibiotics

Nausea and diarrhea

Headache

Anemia and low white blood cell and platelet counts

Numbness and tingling in the hands and feet (peripheral neuropathy)

Visual disturbances

Serotonin syndrome (confusion, agitation, tremors, or coma) in some people who have growths that sometimes produce excessive amounts of hormone-like substances (such as serotonin) or take selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) Several types of medications can be used to treat depression: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) Norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitors, serotonin modulators, and serotonin-norepinephrine... read more , monamine oxidase inhibitors, or some other drugs that affect serotonin levels