The aims of this study were to investigate the penetration of meropenem (MER) into human prostate tissue and to assess MER regimens for prostatitis by performing a site-specific pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic evaluation.
Patients with prostatic hypertrophy (n=49) prophylactically received a 0.5-h infusion of MER (250mg or 500mg) before transurethral resection of the prostate. MER concentrations in plasma (0.5-5h) and prostate tissue (0.5-1.5h) were measured chromatographically. Concentration data were analysed pharmacokinetically with a three-compartment model and were used to estimate the drug exposure time above the minimum inhibitory concentration for bacteria (T>MIC, % of 24h) in prostate tissue, an indicator for antibacterial effects at the site of action. The prostate tissue/plasma ratio was 16.6% for the maximum drug concentration and 17.7% for the area under the drug concentration-time curve, irrespective of the dose. Against MIC distributions for clinical isolates of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp. and Proteus spp., 500mg once daily achieved a >90% probability of attaining the bacteriostatic target (20% T>MIC) in prostate tissue, and 500mg twice daily achieved a >90% probability of attaining the bactericidal target (40% T>MIC) in prostate tissue. However, against the Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, none of the tested regimens achieved a >90% probability of attaining the bacteriostatic or bactericidal targets.
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Nishikawa G, Ikawa K, Nakamura K, Yamada Y, Zennami K, Mitsui K, Narushima M, Ikeda K, Morikawa N, Sumitomo M. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan.
Reference: Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2013 Jan 10. pii: S0924-8579(12)00434-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.11.001
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23313536
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