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Case Reports
. 2016 Nov/Dec;23(6):e1839-e1841.
doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000000359.

Linezolid Induced Reversible Peripheral Neuropathy

Venugopalan Y Vishnu  1 , Manish Modi, Manoj K Goyal, Vivek Lal
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Case Reports

Linezolid Induced Reversible Peripheral Neuropathy

Venugopalan Y Vishnu et al. Am J Ther. 2016 Nov/Dec.

Abstract

Linezolid has been increasingly used for several severe infections including multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Peripheral neuropathy is a rare side effect of linezolid and is conventionally considered as irreversible. Here, we report a case of reversible neuropathy induced by linezolid.

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