Adjunctive antibiotic therapy with clindamycin or linezolid in patients with group A streptococcus (GAS) meningitis

Infect Dis (Lond). 2023 Oct;55(10):751-753. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2023.2231073. Epub 2023 Jul 6.

Authors

Omid Rezahosseini¹, Casper Roed¹, Jon Gitz Holler¹, Niels Frimodt-Møller², Zitta Barrella Harboe^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, North Zealand, Denmark.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
³ Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 37415443
DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2023.2231073

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Clindamycin / therapeutic use
Humans
Linezolid / therapeutic use
Meningitis* / drug therapy
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Streptococcal Infections* / drug therapy
Streptococcus pyogenes

Substances

Clindamycin
Linezolid
Anti-Bacterial Agents