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Serum bactericidal activities (SBAs) were studied after intravenous administration of pefloxacin (8 mg/kg) and amikacin (7.5 mg/kg) alone or in combination to 15 human volunteers. About 10 strains each of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus were tested. The serum levels of pefloxacin were measured microbiologically by using E. coli KP 1976-712 as the test organism at 0, 30, 60, 120, and 720 min after infusion; at 0, 30, 60, and 720 min these levels were 7 +/- 1.4, 5 +/- 0.8, 4.5 +/- 0.7, and 2.1 +/- 0.6 mg/liter (mean +/- standard deviation), respectively, with a terminal half-life of 10 h. The serum levels of pefloxacin in the presence of amikacin were measured similarly; 1% sodium polyanethol sulfonate was added to the agar to inactivate amikacin. Treatment with pefloxacin alone resulted in high SBAs against E. coli, K. pneumoniae strains susceptible to cephalothin, and Staphylococcus aureus at the peak concentration; 81 to 100% of the sera had SBAs of greater than or equal to 1:8. However, treatment with pefloxacin alone resulted in low SBAs against K. pneumoniae strains resistant to cephalothin and P. aeruginosa; only 34% of the sera had SBAs of greater than or equal to 1:8. At trough concentrations the percentages of sera with SBAs greater than or equal to 1:8 were 75 to 83% (E. coli), 9 to 27% (K. pneumoniae), 0% (P. aeruginosa), and 10% (S. aureus). The combination of pefloxacin plus amikacin was most often additive; the peak activity was due to amikacin, and the trough activity was due to pefloxacin. Occasionally antagonism occurred with P. aeruginosa, K. pneumoniae, and S. aureus strains. These observations were confirmed by the killing curves in pooled serum obtained at peak and trough levels. Regrowth was observed for seven strains of P. aeruginosa treated with pefloxacin alone; amikacin seemed to prevent this phenomenon.
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