Review Article
Current Perspectives on Treatment of Gram-Positive Infections in India: What Is the Way Forward?
Table 2
Significant adverse effects seen with currently used antibiotics.
| Antibiotic | Significant Adverse Effects | Reference |
| Vancomycin | Nephrotoxicity, hypotension, hypersensitivity reactions; Red man syndrome | [65] | Linezolid | Thrombocytopenia, optic neuropathy, peripheral neuropathy, lactic acidosis | [66] | Daptomycin | Myopathy, rhabdomyolysis, eosinophilic pneumonia, anaphylactic hypersensitivity reactions | [67] | Tigecycline | Bone growth inhibition, teratogenicity, hepatic toxicity, elevated liver enzymes | [68] | Clindamycin | Pseudomembranous colitis, thrombophlebitis, azotemia, agranulocytosis | [69] |
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