[Pharmacokinetics of cefotaxime and metabolites in uremic patients (author's transl)]

The study was done after a single dose in 6 normal subjects and 24 patients with varying degrees of renal insufficiency. In normal subjects, the results are similar whatever the assays are used. In uremic patients, the half-life for the terminal phase increased with renal failure with the microbioassay, but it is demonstrated that deacetyl cefotaxime has only a prolonged half - life with a more specific assay = HPLC method. After repetitive doses, the tendency for accumulation was only noted in patients with very severe renal failure (creatinine clearance less than 5 ml.min-1).