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A pharmacokinetic study of bacampicillin in patients with chronic maxillary sinusitis

Pharmakokinetische Studie über Bacampicillin bei Patienten mit chronischer Sinusitis maxillaris

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The penetration of ampicillin into sinus mucosa and secretion after oral bacampicillin was studied in 30 patients subjected to radical maxillary sinus surgery. Bacampicillin in a dose of 1200 mg was administered orally before the operation and the concentrations in serum, sinus mucosa and secretion were assayed. The mean serum concentration (± SEM) reached its maximum of 13.4±1.2 µg/ml in about one hour. The mean concentrations in the secretion and mucosa after two to five hours were 1.6±0.5 µg/ml and 1.6±0.4 µg/ml respectively. The clinical course of the patients was mostly uneventful. Adverse effects probably caused by the drug were found in two cases.

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Die Penetration von Ampicillin in die Nebenhöhlenschleimhaut und in das Sekret nach oraler Gabe von Bacampicillin wurde bei 30 Patienten untersucht, bei denen eine radikale Kieferhöhlenoperation durchgeführt wurde. Vor der Operation wurden 1200 mg Bacampicillin oral verabreicht, und die Konzentrationen in Serum, Nebenhöhlenschleimhaut und -sekret wurden bestimmt. Die mittlere Serumkonzentration (± SEM) erreichte ihren Höchstwert von 12,4±1,2 µg/ml in etwa einer Stunde. Die mittleren Konzentrationen von Sekret und Mucosa nach zwei bis fünf Stunden lagen bei 1,6±0,5 µg/ml und 1,6±0,4 µg/ml. Der klinische Verlauf war bei den meisten Patienten unauffällig. Bei zwei Fällen wurden Nebenwirkungen beobachtet, die wahrscheinlich durch das Medikament verursacht wurden.

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Sorri, M., Jokinen, K. & Peltomäki, E. A pharmacokinetic study of bacampicillin in patients with chronic maxillary sinusitis. Infection 7 (Suppl 5), S475–S477 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01659776

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