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Ampicillin concentration in normal and pathological lung tissues after oral administration of bacampicillin

Ampicillin-Konzentration in normalem und pathologisch verändertem Lungengewebe nach oraler Gabe von Bacampicillin

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Following oral administration of 800 mg bacampicillin, the concentrations of ampicillin were determined in normal (n=16) and pathological (n=12) lung tissue after 3, 6 and 9 hours in a total of 28 patients. The serum concentration was determined simultaneously. The mean peak serum concentration (±SD) after one hour was 9.7±7.2 µg/ml. The mean concentration (±SD) in normal lung tissues were, after 3, 6 and 9 hours, 3.73±1.10 µg/ml, 1.06±0.99 µg/ml, 0.15±0.30 µg/ml respectively, and in pathological lung tissues 0.95±0.31 µl/ml, 0.86±1.11 µg/ml and 0.40±0.24 µg/ml respectively. Thus bacampicillin produced concentrations well above the MIC of the most important pathogen,Haemophilus influenzae, in both pathological and normal lung tissue.

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Nach oraler Gabe von 800 mg Bacampicillin wurden die Ampicillinkonzentrationen in normalem (n=16) und pathologisch verändertem (n=12) Lungengewebe nach 3, 6 und 9 Stunden bei insgesamt 28 Patienten bestimmt. Gleichzeitig wurde die Serumkonzentration gemessen. Der Mittelwert der Serumspitzenkonzentrationen (±SD) betrug nach einer Stunde 9,7±7,2 µg/ml. Die mittleren Konzentrationen (±SD) in normalem Lungengewebe betrugen nach 3, 6 und 9 Stunden 3,73 ±1,10 µg/ml, 1,06±0,99 µg/ml, 0,15±0,30 µg/ml und in pathologisch verändertem Lungengewebe 0,95±0,31 µg/ml, 0,86±1,11 µg/ml und 0,40±0,24 µg/ml. Somit ergab Bacampicillin Konzentrationen, die erheblich über der MHK des wichtigsten Erregers,Haemophilus influenzae lagen, und zwar in pathologisch verändertem und normalem Lungengewebe.

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Hällström, O., Keyriläinen, O. & Markkula, H. Ampicillin concentration in normal and pathological lung tissues after oral administration of bacampicillin. Infection 7 (Suppl 5), S469–S471 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01659774

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