Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (1986) 18, 195-198
© 1986 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Phamacokinetics of aztreonam in the aqueous humour
aService de Médecine interne, maladies infectieuses et tropicales. Centre hospitalier intercommunal de Villeneuve St Georges F 94190 bService d'Ophtalmologie, Centre hospitalier intercommunal de Villeneuve St Georges F 94190 cLaboratoire de Pharmacologie, Hôpital Bichat Paris F 75018, France
Received 3 December 1985;
Fifteen patients awaiting cataract extraction were given a 2g intravenous bolus injection of aztreonam. The mean aztreonam concentrations in the aqueous humour, 1, 2 and 4 h after the injection were 1.22, 1.46 and 2.22 mg/l, respectively.