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A woman [age not stated] developed rhabdomyolysis and thrombocytopenia during therapy with linezolid. She received linezolid 600mg BID for the treatment of pneumonia [route not stated]. After 10 days of linezolid therapy, she was notable for thrombocytopenia and increased CPK and myoglobin. Her clinical condition improved. Subsequently, her linezolid therapy was withdrawn. In 5 days, she showed complete normalisation of platelet count, CPK and myoglobin.