Antimicrobial class: Oxazolidinone
Average serum half life:
- Preterm neonates <1 week: 5.6 hours
- Full-term neonates < 1 week : 3 hours
- Full-term neonates ≥1 week to ≤ 28 days: 1.5 hours
- Infants > 28 days to < 3 months: 1.8 hours
- Infants and Children 3 months to 11 years: 2.9 hours
- Adolescents: 4.1 hours
- Adults: 4.9 hours
Route of Elimination:
- Urine (~30% of total dose as parent drug, ~50 of total dose as inactive metabolites), two metabolites may accumulate in patients with severe renal impairment
- Feces (9% of total dose as metabolites)