Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
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Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. · Aug 2004
Clinical TrialPharmacokinetics of intravenous itraconazole in stable hemodialysis patients.
The pharmacokinetics of intravenous itraconazole (ITC) was studied in dialysis patients. Dialysis had no effect on the half-life and clearance of ITC or OH-ITC. ⋯ Administration of ITC intravenously just prior to hemodialysis appears to produce adequate systemic exposures of ITC and OH-ITC while allowing dialysis clearance of HP-beta-CD. Studies of multiple administrations are warranted.
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Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. · Aug 2004
Comparative StudyTherapeutic efficacy of "nubiotics" against burn wound infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
"Nubiotics" are a novel class of proprietary protonated nucleic acid-based drugs shown to have potent in vitro antibacterial activities against a number of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. These nubiotics are evaluated here for their in vivo therapeutic efficacy for the treatment of burn wound infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To achieve this, a burn wound infection model was established in mice by using a highly pathogenic burn wound clinical isolate of P. aeruginosa. ⋯ Treatment by these two routes resulted in almost 100% survival rates and complete eradication of the bacteria from infection sites in the livers, spleens, and blood. These nubiotics were found to be as effective as intravenously administered ciprofloxacin, a potent and broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone. These results suggest that nubiotics may be a promising and effective approach for the treatment of burn wound infection caused by P. aeruginosa.