Abstract |
Patients scheduled to undergo tonsillectomy were administered 500 mg oral azithromycin as two 250 mg capsules given 12 h apart. Between 9 h and one week after the second dose, tonsil samples were taken during surgery and assayed for azithromycin. Mean concentrations in tonsillar tissue, 12 and 24 h after the second of the two 250 mg doses given 12 h apart, were 4.5 and 3.9 micrograms/g, respectively. Concurrent mean serum concentrations were approximately 0.03 and 0.01 micrograms/g, respectively. The mean concentration in tonsillar tissue 7.5 days after the last dose was 0.93 micrograms/g. The apparent half-life of drug in the tissue was 76 h. The ratio of mean concentration in tissue to that in serum was greater than 150-fold for all time intervals. The presence of high azithromycin concentrations in tonsillar tissue suggests that a once-daily regimen over five days or less may be effective in treating tonsillo- pharyngitis.
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Authors | G Foulds, K H Chan, J T Johnson, R M Shepard, R B Johnson |
Journal | European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology
(Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis)
Vol. 10
Issue 10
Pg. 853-6
(Oct 1991)
ISSN: 0934-9723 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 1662631
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Capsules
- Erythromycin
- Azithromycin
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Topics |
- Administration, Oral
- Adult
- Azithromycin
- Capsules
- Chronic Disease
- Drug Administration Schedule
- Erythromycin
(administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives, analysis, pharmacokinetics)
- Half-Life
- Humans
- Male
- Palatine Tonsil
(chemistry, metabolism)
- Time Factors
- Tonsillitis
(metabolism)
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