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Population pharmacokinetics of levofloxacin in Korean patients
Sungmin Kiem1, Sung-Mun Ryu2, Yun-Mi Lee3
1a Department of Internal Medicine , Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital , Busan , Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Levofloxacin (LVFX) has different effects depending on the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC)/minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ratio. While AUC can be expressed as dose/clearance (CL), we measured serial concentrations of LVFX in Koreans and tried to set a Korean-specific equation, estimating the CL of the antibiotic. In total, 38 patients, aged 18-87 years, received once daily intravenous LVFX doses of 500 mg or 250 mg, depending on their renal function. Four plasma samples were obtained according to a D optimal sampling design. The population pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters of LVFX were estimated using non-linear mixed-effect modeling (NONMEM, ver. 7.2). The CL of LVFX was dependent on creatinine clearance (CLCR) as a covariate. The mean population PK parameters of LVFX in Koreans were as follows: CL (l/hour) = 6.19 × (CLCR/75)(1.32). The CL of LVFX in Koreans is expected to be lower than that in Western people.
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