title: Cefodizime, an aminothiazolylcephalosporin. II. Comparative studies on the pharmacokinetic behavior in laboratory animals.
abstract: The pharmacokinetic properties of cefodizime, a new aminothiazolyliminomethoxycephalosporin, were studied in laboratory animals and compared with the pharmacokinetics of another long-acting cephalosporin, ceftriaxone. Both cephalosporin derivatives showed high affinity (33-99%) for serum proteins. High and prolonged blood respectively serum levels of the antibiotics were achieved following subcutaneous and intravenous injection into mice, rats, rabbits, dogs and monkeys. Cefodizime elimination half-lives ranged from 1.17 hours in mice to 3.53 hours in rabbits compared to ceftriaxone half-lives ranging from 0.73 hour in mice to 7.31 hours in rabbits. The antibiotics were well distributed in the body and penetrated into tissues and body fluids to a high degree. Particularly high and prolonged levels were detected in the lungs, liver and kidneys of the experimental animals. Large amounts, approximately 35-55% of the given dose, were recovered in the urine of rabbits and dogs, while the recovery rate in the bile of rabbits was only 0.57% for cefodizime and 1.08% for ceftriaxone.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007700:Kinetics; D008251:Macaca; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D002439:Cefotaxime; C033356:cefodizime