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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2001, p. 2949-2954, Vol. 45, No. 10
0066-4804/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.10.2949-2954.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Pharmacokinetics of Levofloxacin and Ciprofloxacin during Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients

Rebecca S. Malone,1 Douglas N. Fish,2,3,* Edward Abraham,3 and Isaac Teitelbaum4

Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona,1 and Department of Pharmacy Practice,2 Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine,3 and Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension,4 University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado

Received 4 December 2000/Returned for modification 27 March 2001/Accepted 10 July 2001

The pharmacokinetics of intravenously administered levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin were studied in intensive care unit patients during continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH; four patients received levofloxacin, and five received ciprofloxacin) or hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF; six patients received levofloxacin, and five received ciprofloxacin). Levofloxacin clearance was substantially increased during both CVVH and CVVHDF, while ciprofloxacin clearance was affected less. The results of this study suggest that doses of levofloxacin of 250 mg/day and ciprofloxacin of 400 mg/day are sufficient to maintain effective drug concentrations in the plasma of patients undergoing CVVH or CVVHDF.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Campus Box C-238, 4200 East Ninth Ave., Denver, CO 80262. Phone: (303) 315-5136. Fax: (303) 315-4630. E-mail: doug.fish{at}uchsc.edu.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2001, p. 2949-2954, Vol. 45, No. 10
0066-4804/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.10.2949-2954.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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