Pharmacokinetics of ceftizoxime in animals after parenteral dosing.

AUTOR(ES)

Murakawa, T

RESUMO

The pharmacokinetic profile of ceftizoxime was studied in mice, rats, dogs, and monkeys given the drug in a single parenteral dose. The serum data after an intravenous injection were analyzed by the two-compartment open model. Cefotiam, cefmetazole, cefotaxime, and cefamandole were used as reference drugs. High concentrations of ceftizoxime were attained in the sera of all test animals and in the tissues of rats after parenteral dosing. The serum concentrations of ceftizoxime were higher than those of the other antibiotics in large animals (dogs and monkeys), but were lower in small animals (mice and rats). About 80% of ceftizoxime was excreted unchanged in the 24-h urine of all species tested. The biliary excretion of ceftizoxime was low: 3.7% in rats and 0.59% in dogs. However, therapeutically significant concentrations of ceftizoxime were found in the bile of dogs. Ceftizoxime was stable in biological fluids such as serum, urine, and tissue homogenates, but cefotaxime was unstable in rat tissue homogenates. Binding of ceftizoxime to serum protein in all species was the lowest of all the antibiotics: 31% for humans, 17% for dogs, and 32% for rats.

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