Linezolid IV/PO

Predictable Activity

ß-haemolytic Streptococci (Group A,B,C,G)
Bacillus spp
Coagulase negative Staphylococci (CoNS)
Corynebacterium spp
Coryneform bacteria
Enterococcus spp (including VRE)
Lactobacillus spp
Lactococcus spp
Micrococcus spp
Nocardia spp
Pediococcus spp
Rhodococcus equi
Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA, MRSA, VISA, VRSA)
Staphylococcus lugdunensis
Streptococcus pneumoniae

Unpredictable Activity

Actinomyces spp
Aerococcus spp
Anaerobic Gram negative bacilli
Anaerobic Gram positive cocci
Clostridium spp
Listeria monocytogenes

Mycobacterium spp

Mycoplasma hominis (new name Metamycoplasma hominis)
Pasteurella spp
Viridans group Streptococci

No/Insufficient Activity

Acinetobacter spp
Aerobic Gram negative bacilli
Bacteroides fragilis group
Chlamydia spp
Enterobacterales
Haemophilus influenzae
Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Helicobacter pylori
Legionella spp
Moraxella catarrhalis
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (new name Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae)
Neisseria spp
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas spp
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Ureaplasma urealyticum