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®).
A number of drugs can affect the nerve, but stopping them when symptoms occur usually improves or resolves the problem. Prolonged use of the antibiotic linezolid (ZYVOX) can produce optic nerve damage characterized by visual field defects, decreases in color vision and in vision more generally.