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Abstract We report the case of an 87-year-old woman with tuberculous pleurisy. She developed adverse effects in the form of thrombocytopenia and gastrointestinal hemorrhage with isoniazid, and thrombocytopenia with linezolid.… Click to show full abstract
Abstract We report the case of an 87-year-old woman with tuberculous pleurisy. She developed adverse effects in the form of thrombocytopenia and gastrointestinal hemorrhage with isoniazid, and thrombocytopenia with linezolid. Her treatment was switched to contezolid plus cycloserine for a 4-week antibiotic duration, with a favorable outcome.
Keywords:
use contezolid;
pleurisy;
compassionate use;
tuberculous pleurisy;
contezolid treatment
Journal Title: Infection and Drug Resistance
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Infection and Drug Resistance
Year Published: 2022
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