Transcript Antibiotic

Clinical Issues of PK/PD, ECC, Firenze 2005
Clinical implications of
tissue concentrations
Ursula Theuretzbacher
Center for Anti-Infective Agents,
Vienna, Austria
Clinical implications of tissue concentrations
Active antibiotic
Site of infection
Tissue concentrations
Activity of antibiotic at site of infection
Influence on patient outcome?
Site of Infection
Cerebrospinal fluid
Middle ear fluid
Maxillary sinus fluid
Bronchial secretion
Epithelial lining fluid
Alveolar macrophages
Urine
Prostate secretion
Picasso
Extracellular fluid of
tissues
Site of Infection
blood capillary
extracellular fluid
cells
Salmonella,
Staph. aureus
Shigella,
Listeria
Chlamydia,
Legionella
intracellular
Site of Infection – Tissue concentration
blood capillary
70-80%
Eng`s principle
of medical
procedures:
„The easier it is
to do, the
harder it is to
change.“
homogenates,
biopsies
cells
•intravascular
•extra-, intracellular
20-30%
interstitial fluid
•Bound + free fraction
high concentrations
macrolides
fluorquinolones
low concentrations
ß-lactams
aminoglycosides
Site of Infection – PK/PD
Bacteria:
Sensitivity
Antibiotic:
Body:
Protein binding
Barriers
Disease
Bacteria:
Sensitivity
Protein Binding
Antibiotic:
Protein
binding
Penetration
Mean time-versus-concentration profiles
of total and free telithromycin in plasma,
muscle, and subcutis (800 mg p.o.)
Body:
Barriers
Disease
Activity
Effect of protein binding on antimicrobial
activity against Staphylococcus aureus
65%
R. Gattringer et al. AAC 2004 (48) 4650
CM. Kunin et al. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1973 (26) 214
Bacteria:
Sensitivity
Tissue Penetration
Antibiotic:
Protein
binding
Body:
Barriers
Disease
Non-specialized tissues
Mean time-versus-concentration profiles
of total and free telithromycin in plasma,
muscle, and subcutis (800 mg p.o.)
Unbound imipenem mean
concentrations in rats: blood,
extracellular fluid (muscle, and lung)
S. Marchand et al. AAC 2005 (49) 2356
R. Gattringer et al. AAC 2004 (48) 4650
Bacteria:
Sensitivity
Tissue Penetration
Antibiotic:
Protein
binding
Specialized tissues
45
Meropenem conc. mg/l
40
35
30
Plasma (ELF)
ELF
Plasma (IF)
IF
25
20
15
10
5
0
0,5
1
2
4
6 hours
ELF: Meropenem 1g i.v., Allegranzi et al: JAC (2000) 46, 319
IF (interstitial fluid, microdialysis): Meropenem 1g i.v., Tomaselli et al: AAC (2004) 48, 2228
Body:
Barriers
Disease
Tissue Concentrations - Patients
Imipenem
healthy
patients
I. Tegeder et al. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2002 71(5):325
Bacteria:
Sensitivity
Antibiotic:
Protein
binding
Body:
Barriers
Disease
Bacteria:
Sensitivity
Tissue concentrations - Patients
Antibiotic:
Protein
binding
Piperacillin 4g
Healthy
M Brunner et al. Crit. Care Med. 2000, 28:1754
ICU-patients
Body:
Barriers
Disease
PK/PD – Patients
Killing curves after exposure to levofloxacin at
concentrations determined from individual free
concentration profiles
MIC = 2 µg/ml
M.A. Zeitlinger et al. AAC 2003 47: 3548
Bacteria:
Sensitivity
Antibiotic:
Protein
binding
Body:
Barriers
Disease
PK/PD - Outcome
Bacteria:
Sensitivity
Antibiotic:
Protein
binding
Probability of failure was greater when infection
was located in tissues with barriers
MIC, trough concentration and ratio in
relation to clinical outcome
Piperacillin/Tazobactam, 3 x 4,5g
Sádaba et al, CMI 2004, 10 (11), 990
Body:
Barriers
Disease
Bacteria:
Sensitivity
Tissue concentrations - Outcome
Antibiotic:
Protein
binding
Impaired target site penetration of betalactams may account for therapeutic failure
in patients with septic shock.
(Joukhadar et al, 2001)
Body:
Barriers
Disease
Summary: Tissue Concentration – Outcome
• Site of infection  location of antibiotic
• Precondition for activity
• Protein binding influences tissue penetration
• Free blood concentration = concentration in
interstitial fluid of tissues (volunteers!)
• Concentration in interstitial fluid of tissues might
be decreased in patients
• Tissues with penetration barrier