Intrapulmonary steady-state concentrations of clarithromycin and azithromycin in healthy adult volunteers

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1399-1402

  Rodvold, Keith A ^a,b   Gotfried, Mark H ^a,c,d   Danziger, Larry H ^a,b   Servi, Ronald J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Pulmonary Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

14 HYDROXYCLARITHROMYCIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG METABOLITE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG PENETRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG FLUID; LUNG LAVAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEADY STATE; TABLET;

EID: 0030956116     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.6.1399     Document Type: Article

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