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Cefmenoxime (CMX) was evaluated in 25 children with a suspicion of bacterial infection. Of the 20 confirmed bacterial infections, 19 were cured by CMX therapy (effective rate, 95%). The diagnoses included acute pharyngotonsillitis (4), acute bronchitis (1), pneumonia (7), streptococcal dacryocystitis (1), infections accompanied with acute leukemia (4), and acute urinary tract infections (3). The etiologic pathogens were beta-hemolytic Streptococcus group A (1), and F (1), Staphylococcus aureus (4), Haemophilus influenzae (4), Escherichia coli (4), Klebsiella pneumoniae (2), etc. CMX was very effective for 2 children with respiratory infections due to ampicillin resistant H. influenzae type b. The half life of serum concentration of CMX was 0.76 +/- 0.17 hour after an intravenous bolus injection. A cerebrospinal fluid level of CMX was 5.2 mcg/ml 1 hour after intravenous injection of 1 g (23.8 mg/kg) in a child with inflamed meninges. However this level was not as high as those of cefotaxime, latamoxef, or ceftizoxime measured in the same case. No severe adverse reaction was encountered with CMX therapy. The data suggest that CMX is a safe and effective parenteral antibiotic when used in children with susceptible bacterial infections.
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PMID:[Clinical evaluation of cefmenoxime in the pediatric infections]. 630 92

The effect of protein binding on cefmenoxime steady-state kinetics was studied in 20 critical patients with gram-negative pneumonia. Sixteen patients were given 1 gm cefmenoxime every 6 hr, two received 2 gm every 6 hr, and two received 2 gm every 8 hr. Serum protein binding was measured by equilibrium dialysis. Assays were by HPLC. Serum cefmenoxime concentration-time data were characterized by a model-independent method based on statistical moment theory. Despite varying renal function in patients, mean cefmenoxime serum concentration-time curves for all three dosing regimens were closely aligned, reflecting successful empiric dosage adjustment. Terminal phase t 1/2 ranged from 0.8 to 2.9 hr and was significantly related to creatinine clearance. Cefmenoxime total clearance was significantly related to both lambda z (2.303 times the slope of the terminal portion of the log-concentration-time curve) and creatinine clearance (CCr). Plasma clearance of free cefmenoxime was more strongly correlated with CCr than the clearance of total cefmenoxime. Drug recovery from 24-hr urine collections at steady state was 76.9 +/- 19.8% of the daily dose (mean +/- SD, n = 13). Cefmenoxime protein binding in patients differed markedly from normal values. A regression equation derived from data on 11 cephalosporins appeared to predict total volume of distribution in the steady state (Vdss-Total) from the fraction of unbound drug accurately. Since cefmenoxime has a high therapeutic index, no clinical consequences are expected to result from variation in protein binding. Observed differences in protein binding between patients and normal subjects could have clinical consequences for highly bound acidic drugs that, unlike cefmenoxime, have narrow therapeutic indices.
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PMID:Effect of protein binding on cefmenoxime steady-state kinetics in critical patients. 631 72


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