Cardiomyopathy is a progressive disease of the myocardium, or heart muscle. In most cases, the heart muscle weakens and is unable to pump blood to the rest of the body as well as it should. There are many different types of cardiomyopathy caused by a range of factors, from coronary heart disease to certain drugs.
Specifically, linezolid is used to treat the following infections: 1  Certain pneumonia infections. 2  Certain skin and soft tissue infections. 3  Infections caused by the bacteria Enterococcus faecium when the bacteria are resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin (VancocinÂ®).
In patients with uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infections, the recommended linezolid dose is 400 mg given orally every 12 hours for 10 to 14 days. In infants and children up to 11 years of age, the recommended dose of linezolid is 10 mg/kg every 8 hours. Children older than 12 years of age may be treated using the guidelines for adults.