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Ther Drug Monit. 1998 Dec;20(6):680-4.
Simultaneous high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of azithromycin and two of its metabolites in human tears and plasma.
Raines DA, Yusuf A, Jabak MH, Ahmed WS, Karcioglu ZA, El-Yazigi A.
Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
This article describes a high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the measurement of azithromycin (AZI) and two of its metabolites, 9a-N-desmethylazithromycin (ADES) and N-desmethylazithromycin (NDES), in human tears and plasma. The drug, metabolites, and internal standard (n-propylazithromycin [IS]) were detected electrochemically after injection of the extracted sample into the HPLC system. The peak height ratio (AZI, ADES, or NDES to IS) varied linearly, with concentrations in the ranges of 0.1 mg/L to 2.0 mg/L (tears) and 0.01 mg/L to 2.0 mg/L (plasma) of AZI, ADES, and NDES; the correlation coefficient (r) was more than 0.994 mg/L for all of the compounds (n=6). The analysis of tear samples collected at different intervals within 12 hours to 144 hours after a dose of 20 mg/kg of AZI from a trachoma patient yielded concentrations ranging from 1.52 mg/L to 0.34 mg/L for AZI, 0.79 mg/L to 0.27 mg/L for ADES, and 1.99 mg/L to less than 0.20 mg/L for NDES. The concentration of AZI in plasma ranged from 0.15 mg/L to 0.01 mg/L, whereas ADES and NDES were undetectable.
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We examined the effects of the macrolide antimicrobial agent azithromycin and phenothiazine compounds against clinical isolates of Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris, opportunistic pathogens of human beings and other animals. Acanthamoeba growth was inhibited in vitro at 1, 5, and 10 micrograms/ml of azithromycin, but not the macrolides, erythromycin, and clarithromycin. In experiments attempting to simulate in vivo conditions, azithromycin protected monolayers of rat glioma cells from destruction by Acanthamoeba at a concentration of 0.1 microgram/ml, and delayed destruction at concentrations of 0.001 and 0.01 microgram/ml. We concluded that the minimal inhibitory concentration of azithromycin was 0.1 microgram/ml. Our results, however, suggested that the drug was amebastatic but not amebicidal, since ameba growth eventually resumed after drug removal. The phenothiazines (chlorpromazine, chlorprothixene, and triflupromazine) inhibited Acanthamoeba growth by 70-90% at 5 and 10 micrograms/ml, but some of these compounds were toxic for rat glioma cells at 10 micrograms/ml. Azithromycin was not very effective against B. mandrillaris in an in vitro setting, but was amebastatic in tissue culture monolayers at concentrations of 0.1 microgram/ml and higher. Balamuthia amebas showed in vitro sensitivity to phenothiazines. Ameba growth was inhibited 30-45% at 5 micrograms/ml in vitro, but completely at 5 micrograms/ml in the rat glioma model. In spite of their potential as antiamebic drugs in Balamuthia infections, toxicity of phenothiazines limits their use in clinical settings.
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2000 Jun;44(6):1761-4.
Effect of azithromycin plus rifampin versus amoxicillin alone on eradication and inflammation in the chronic course of Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonitis in mice.
Bin XX, Wolf K, Schaffner T, Malinverni R.
Department of Clinical Research, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
The effects of treatment with azithromycin plus rifampin (A+R), amoxicillin (A), or placebo (P) on the chronic course of experimental Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonitis in mice were assessed by culture, PCR, and immunocytochemistry as well as by degree of inflammation in lung tissue. Eradication of the pathogen was significantly more frequent and inflammation in tissue was significantly reduced after treatment with A+R compared to after treatment with A or P. Combination therapy with azithromycin plus rifampin showed favorable effects in the chronic course of C. pneumoniae pneumonitis.
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