TY - JOUR
T1 - Pharmacokinetics and bacteriological effect of ceftazidime in experimental Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Escherichia coli meningitis
AU - Sakata, Y.
AU - Boccazzi, A.
AU - McCracken, G. H.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - The pharmacokinetics and bacteriological effect of ceftazidime were evaluated in rabbits experimentally infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and Escherichia coli K1. The mean penetration of ceftazidime into cerebrospinal fluid after single-dose or constant-infusion administration ranged from 7.8 to 14.9%. The median cerebrospinal fluid bactericidal titers were 1:64 against S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae and 1:128 against E. coli. The bacterial colony counts in cerebrospinal fluid were reduced by 58% to 100% (-2.3 to -3.9 log10 CFU/ml) in 3 h and by 100% (-3.2 to -5.1 log10 CFU/ml) in 9 h of constant infusion, whereas in untreated infected animals, bacterial counts increased from +1.4 to +2.1 log10 CFU/ml in 9 h. These data on ceftazidime compare favorably with those on penicillin, chloramphenicol, netilmicin, and moxalactam in this experimental meningitis model.
AB - The pharmacokinetics and bacteriological effect of ceftazidime were evaluated in rabbits experimentally infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and Escherichia coli K1. The mean penetration of ceftazidime into cerebrospinal fluid after single-dose or constant-infusion administration ranged from 7.8 to 14.9%. The median cerebrospinal fluid bactericidal titers were 1:64 against S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae and 1:128 against E. coli. The bacterial colony counts in cerebrospinal fluid were reduced by 58% to 100% (-2.3 to -3.9 log10 CFU/ml) in 3 h and by 100% (-3.2 to -5.1 log10 CFU/ml) in 9 h of constant infusion, whereas in untreated infected animals, bacterial counts increased from +1.4 to +2.1 log10 CFU/ml in 9 h. These data on ceftazidime compare favorably with those on penicillin, chloramphenicol, netilmicin, and moxalactam in this experimental meningitis model.
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U2 - 10.1128/AAC.23.2.213
DO - 10.1128/AAC.23.2.213
M3 - Article
C2 - 6340600
AN - SCOPUS:0020659148
SN - 0066-4804
VL - 23
SP - 213
EP - 217
JO - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
JF - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
IS - 2
ER -