title: [Studies of the penetrating ability of fosfomycin into the aqueous humor and vitreous body of the eye].
abstract: Fosfomycin is an antibiotic with a new simple chemical structure and a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity, especially against staphylococci. In the study reported here, the penetration of fosfomycin into the aqueous humor and vitreous body was investigated after intravenous infusion of 4 and 8 g. The highest average concentration approximately 2 hours after administration was 28.3 micrograms/ml after the 4 g dose and 52 micrograms/ml after the 8 g dose. Both the 4 g and 8 g doses thus produced aqueous humor levels exceeding the minimum inhibitory concentrations required for most gram-positive and gram-negative organisms commonly responsible for bacterial endophthalmitis, including strains of pseudomonas aeruginosa. Extremely high aqueous humor levels of fosfomycin were observed in two patients with inflamed eyes because of a change in the blood-aqueous barrier.
mesh_terms: D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005578:Fosfomycin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D011292:Premedication; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005578:Fosfomycin
vernacular_title: Untersuchung des Penetrationsvermögens von Fosfomycin in das Kammerwasser und den Glaskörper des Auges.