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]