Analysis of ceftriaxone and ceftazidime distribution in cerebrospinal fluid of and cerebral extracellular space in awake rats by in vivo microdialysis.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
L GraneroJ E Peris

Abstract

In vivo microdialysis was used to estimate the extracellular concentrations of ceftazidime and ceftriaxone, two expanded-spectrum cephalosporins commonly used in the treatment of bacterial meningitis, in two brain regions (the right corpus striatum and the left lateral ventricle_ of awake, freely moving rats. Antibiotics were administered by constant intravenous infusion at 18 mg/h until steady-state levels were reached. Ceftriaxone levels measured at the steady state in the extracellular space of the corpus striatum (0.80 +/- 0.17 micrograms/ml) were statistically equivalent to those obtained in the cerebrospinal fluid of the lateral ventricle (0.71 +/- 0.15 micrograms/ml). The ratios of these levels in the brain to the steady-state levels in plasma were 0.5 +/- 0.1% for both regions. The postinfusion concentrations of ceftriaxone in the brain declined monoexponentially, with an elimination half-life similar to that obtained in plasma. However, the mean antibiotic concentration of ceftazidime in the striatum (2.2 +/- 0.4 micrograms/ml) was lower (P < 0.001) than that in the lateral ventricle (3.8 +/- 0.5% and 4.0 +/- 1.8%, respectively) were higher than those obtained with ceftriaxone. Moreover, the half-life of ceftazidime el...Continue Reading

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