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SUBMITTER: Komirenko AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6256775 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Komirenko Allison S AS Riddle Valerie V Gibbons Jacqueline A JA Van Wart Scott S Seroogy Julie D JD
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20181126 12
Plazomicin is an FDA-approved aminoglycoside for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections. In this open-label study, 24 adults with normal renal function or mild, moderate, or severe renal impairment (<i>n</i> = 6 per group) received a single 7.5-mg/kg of body weight dose of plazomicin as a 30-min intravenous infusion. Total clearance declined with renal impairment, resulting in 1.98-fold and 4.42-fold higher plazomicin exposures, as measured by the area under the concentration-time ...[more]