title: [Ciprofloxacin and cefotaxim: pharmacokinetic and therapeutic effectiveness in E. coli pyelonephritis in rats].
abstract: Ciprofloxacin was tested in the acute and chronic experimental E.coli pyelonephritis in rats. Its therapeutic efficacy was compared with that of cefotaxime. In the acute pyelonephritis increasing doses resulted in increasing elimination of bacteria from the kidneys. Ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime showed no difference in the efficiency in therapy of the acute pyelonephritis. In chronic pyelonephritis ciprofloxacin proved to be more effective than cefotaxime in spite of identical in vitro activity. Pharmacokinetic data showed that ciprofloxacin was eliminated more slowly than cefotaxime. The long serum half-life and the high volume of distribution could be responsible for the high therapeutic efficacy and could outweigh the disadvantage of metabolic instability.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D000892:Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D011804:Quinolines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000892:Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary; D011804:Quinolines; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D002439:Cefotaxime
vernacular_title: Ciprofloxacin und Cefotaxim: Pharmakokinetik und therapeutische Effektivität bei der E. coli-Pyelonephritis der Ratte.