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Is it time to revise linezolid dose in elderly patients?

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  1. Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hospital of Lodi, Lodi, Italy

    Marco Tinelli, Manuela Piazza, Elena Maffezzini & Chiara Cerri

  2. Department of Infectious Diseases, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Cristina Gervasoni & Roberta Terzi

  3. Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Valeria Cozzi, Simone Castoldi, Sara Baldelli & Dario Cattaneo

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Tinelli, M., Gervasoni, C., Piazza, M. et al. Is it time to revise linezolid dose in elderly patients?. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 73, 1335–1336 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-017-2303-6

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