Concentrations of voriconazole in healthy and inflamed lung in rats

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Jun;53(6):2684-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00885-08. Epub 2009 Mar 30.

Abstract

By utilizing the microdialysis technique, we investigated the pharmacokinetic profile of voriconazole in the interstitium of the lungs and skeletal muscle tissue of rats after a single intravenous dose under healthy and inflammatory conditions. As expected, voriconazole penetrated excellently into the interstitium of tissues, and its levels were descriptively almost identical to free concentration-versus-time profiles in plasma.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacokinetics*
  • Lung / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism
  • Pneumonia / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacokinetics*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Triazoles / pharmacokinetics*
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Voriconazole