Pharmacokinetic interactions of ceftazidime, imipenem and aztreonam with amikacin in healthy volunteers.

The common usage of extended spectrum beta-lactams co-administered with amikacin in everyday clinical practice for infections by multidrug-resistant isolates has created the need to search for pharmacokinetic interaction. Eighteen healthy volunteers were enrolled in the study; six were administered 1g of ceftazidime singly intravenously or combined with 0.5 g of amikacin; six received 0.

Pharmacokinetics of teicoplanin in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Objective: To achieve concentrations of teicoplanin in serum and dialysate within the therapeutic range in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

Design: Pharmacokinetic study.

Setting: A tertiary-care hospital.

Pharmacokinetics of teicoplanin in patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis.

In order to define a dose regimen of teicoplanin for patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis so that they achieved trough drug serum levels above 10 mg/l, two single doses of 5 and 10 mg/kg were administered intravenously in seven anuric patients immediately after the end of haemodialysis. Concentrations of teicoplanin were determined by a microbiological assay in samples collected from peripheral veins via the arterial and the venous lines of the fistulae and from the dialysate during haemodialysis. The administration of a 5 and 10 mg/kg dose gave mean C(max) of 62.