Activities of linezolid against rapidly growing mycobacteria.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on March 01, 2001

Authors

R J Wallace1, B A Brown-Elliott, S C Ward, C J Crist, L B Mann, R W Wilson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, Texas 75708, USA. Joanne.Woodring@uthct.edu

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