title: Elimination kinetics of cefotaxime and desacetyl cefotaxime in patients with renal insufficiency and during hemodialysis.
abstract: The pharmacokinetics of cefotaxime, a new semi-synthetic cephalosporin for injection, was studied in 30 subjects with various degrees of renal function after a single 1-gram intramuscular injection. Serum and urinary concentrations of cefotaxime and desacetyl cefotaxime were determined by high pressure liquid chromatography. The pharmacokinetic parameters of cefotaxime were obtained using a one-compartment open model. The mean serum half-life of the parent compound (cefotaxime), 0.87 h in normal subjects, was prolonged to 2.35 h in hemodialysis patients. There was a significant linear correlation between the elimination rate constant of cefotaxime and creatinine clearance. The mean cumulative urinary recovery of the administered dose in the 24-hour urine was 51.7% as cefotaxime and 25.6% as desacetyl cefotaxime in normal subjects.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: C029281:desacetylcefotaxime; D002439:Cefotaxime