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Linezolid induced optic neuropathy occurring after prolonged use of the drug is rarely reported in the paediatric age group. We report a case of Linezolid induced optic neuropathy in a child treated for extensively drug resistant tuberculosis. The optic neuropathy completely reversed with good improvement in vision after stopping the drug, which to the best of our knowledge has not been reported before.

A simple, precise, and accurate isocratic reversed-phase (RP) stability-indicating column high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) assay method was developed and validated for determination of nebivolol in solid pharmaceutical dosage forms. Isocratic RP-HPLC separation was achieved on a Phenomenex Luna C8 (2) column (250 mm 4.6 mm id, 5 m particle size) using mobile phase composed of acetonitrilepH 3.5 phosphate buffer (35 + 65, v/v) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min, and detection was performed at 280 nm using a photodiode array detector. The drug was subjected to oxidation, hydrolysis, photolysis, and heat to apply stress conditions. The method was validated for specificity, linearity, precision, accuracy, robustness, and solution stability. The method was linear in the drug concentration range of 40160 g/mL with a correlation coefficient of 0.9999. The repeatability relative standard deviation (RSD) for 6 samples was 0.69, and the intermediate precision (RSD) for 6 samples was 1.39. The accuracy (recovery) was between 98.57 and 99.55. Degradation products produced as a result of stress studies did not interfere with detection of nebivolol, and the assay can thus be considered stability-indicating.