5 research outputs found
Evaluation of pharmacy practice program in the 6-year pharmaceutical education curriculum in Japan: hospital pharmacy practice program
Does a transition in education equate to a transition in practice? Thai stakeholderâs perceptions of the introduction of the Doctor of Pharmacy programme
Optimizing intravenous fosfomycin dosing in combination with carbapenems for treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in critically ill patients based on pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) simulation
Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine the optimal dosing regimen of intravenous fosfomycin for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) based on PK/PD targets.
Method: A total of 120 PA isolates were recovered from various clinical specimens at university hospital in Thailand. Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MICs) of all the isolates were determined by the E-test method. PK parameters were obtained from a published study. Monte Carlo simulation was performed to calculate the percentage of target attainment (PTA) and cumulative fraction of response (CFR).
Results: MIC90 of fosfomycin alone, fosfomycin in combination with carbapenem, carbapenems alone and carbapenems in combination with fosfomycin were >1,024, 1,024, >32 and 32Â ÎŒg/ml, for multidrug resistant (MDR)-PA and 512, 128, 8 and 3Â ÎŒg/ml respectively, for non-MDR PA. Approximately 40% of the non-MDR PA were carbapenem-resistant strains. For non-MDR PA with CRPA, fosfomycin 16Â g continuous infusion in combination with carbapenems provided %PTA of approximately 80 and %CFR of > 88. While, %PTA and %CFR > 90 were achieved with fosfomycin 24Â g/day prolonged infusion in combination with carbapenem.
Conclusions: Prolonged infusion of fosfomycin 16 - 24Â g combined with extended carbapenem infusion could be used in non-MDR PA treatment with CRPA