After teaching a group of nursing students about indications for linezolid (Zyvox), the instructor determines a need for additional teaching when the students identify which of the following as an indication?
A) Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
B) Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF)
C) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
D) Acute otitis media
Ans: D
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Linezolid is used in the treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF), health care- and community-acquired pneumonias, and skin and skin structure infections, including those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It is not used to treat otitis media.
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