title: Effect of antimicrobial agents on the uptake of ofloxacin and its optically active isomer (-)-ofloxacin by human polymorphonuclear leucocytes.
abstract: The effect of several antimicrobial agents, active against Gram-positive cocci, anaerobes or fungi on the intracellular penetration of ofloxacin and its optically active isomer (-)-ofloxacin into human polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs) was studied. In the presence of therapeutic extracellular concentrations of these drugs, both ofloxacin and (-)-ofloxacin reached high intracellular concentrations (cellular to extracellular ratio (C/E greater than 3). Ofloxacin and (-)-ofloxacin uptake by PMNs was higher when cells were stimulated with opsonized zymosan (C/E greater than 5). It is concluded that none of the antimicrobial agents studied significantly affected the uptake of both quinolones by human PMNs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Perea
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015242:Ofloxacin