Optimizing ceftazidime pharmacodynamics in patients with acute exacerbation of severe chronic bronchitis
Autor: | Hartmut Lode, Pal Bölcskei, Annette Lubasch, Tobias Welte, Stefan Lück, Harald Mauch, Joachim Lorenz |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male Chronic bronchitis medicine.medical_specialty Exacerbation Ceftazidime Gastroenterology Loading dose Drug Administration Schedule Statistics Nonparametric Pharmacokinetics Internal medicine Medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Antibacterial agent Aged Pharmacology Aged 80 and over business.industry Middle Aged Surgery Bronchitis Chronic Regimen Infectious Diseases Treatment Outcome Pharmacodynamics Area Under Curve Acute Disease Female business medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 51(3) |
ISSN: | 0305-7453 |
Popis: | OBJECTIVES Implementation of current pharmacodynamic knowledge could enhance clinical results, avoid resistance development and reduce treatment costs. In this open, randomized, multicentre study, we evaluated the clinical and bacteriological outcome and pharmacokinetic as well as pharmacodynamic parameters of two ceftazidime therapy regimens in patients with acute exacerbation of severe chronic bronchitis (AECB). METHODS Eighty-one patients (56 males, 25 females, age 65.3 +/- 10.1 years) with AECB were included. A subgroup of 21 patients underwent pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic examination. The patients received either ceftazidime 2 g every 8 h (C3 x 2) or ceftazidime 2 g as a loading dose, followed by ceftazidime 2 g over 7 h every 12 h (C2 x 2) for 8-14 days. Clinical and bacteriological responses were monitored at day 8 or 9, and 72 h after the end of therapy (EOT). RESULTS At EOT, clinical success was recorded in 90% and 90.2% of clinically evaluable patients receiving C3 x 2 and C2 x 2, respectively. Bacteriological success at EOT was achieved in 87.5% and 90.2% of evaluable patients treated with C3 x 2 and C2 x 2, respectively. C(max) (mg/L) varied between 168.9 +/- 34.1 and 144.0 +/- 9.8 in the C3 x 2 group, and between 60.1 +/- 34.1 and 54.2 +/- 30.4 at steady-state in the C2 x 2 group. Minimal concentrations were between 9.1 and 13.4 mg/L in the C3 x 2 group, and between 16.6 and 17.7 mg/L in the C2 x 2 group. Concentrations >4-5 x MIC were seen in all pathogens, except Staphylococcus aureus, during 100% of infusion time. CONCLUSION The 2 x 7 h infusion of ceftazidime 2 g (C2 x 2) was clinically and bacteriologically as effective as the usual 3 x 2 g ceftazidime short-term infusion in the treatment of AECB, and demonstrated advantages in terms of pharmacodynamic parameters compared with the C3 x 2 regimen. |
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