Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (1987) 20, 417-420
© 1987 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Biliary penetration of cefbuperazone in the presence and absence of obstructive jaundice
First Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545, Japan
Received 14 March 1987;
*Corresponding author K.Satake
In thirteen patients with normal liver function, the mean concentrations of cefbuperazone in hepatic bile, gall bladder bile and gallbladder tissue 30 min after injection were 1134.8±36.8 (mean±S.E.M.) mg/l, 6.6±3.0 mg/l and 26.1±7.6 mg/l, respectively. In patients with obstructive jaundice, cefbuperazone concentrations in bile were 99±29.2 mg/l (mean±S.E.M.) 1 h post-dose and decreased to 13.9±5.1 mg/l 6 h post-dose. In both groups of patients biliary concentrations of cefbuperazone were higher than the MICs of most organisms causing biliary infection.