title: Pharmacokinetic profile of fosfomycin trometamol.
abstract: The pharmacokinetics of fosfomycin trometamol has been assessed in 12 healthy volunteers given oral doses of 2, 3, and 4 g of fosfomycin and 3 g intravenously of fosfomycin as fosfomycin sodium, all in the fasting state. The assay was microbiological (Proteus mirabilis ATCC 21100). There was a gradual rise in both peak serum concentrations and total area under the curve by rising oral doses, from 16.0 mg/l and 106.7 mg x h/l, after 2 g to 30.9 mg/l and 189.7 mg x h/l after 4 g respectively. The serum half-life was 4 h after the oral doses and 2.1 h after the intravenous dose. After the oral doses, the amounts excreted in urine in the active form ranged from 36 to 40% compared to 93% after the intravenous dose. The bioavailability was slightly below 40%. Concentrations in urine covers the usual urinary tract pathogens after oral doses of 2, 3, and 4 g.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Kaptein W. Wilhelmsen og Frues, Bakteriologiske Institutt Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bergan
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Thorsteinsson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albini
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D001682:Biological Availability; D005260:Female; D005578:Fosfomycin / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000652:urine; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate
chemical_list: D005578:Fosfomycin