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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-19
pubmed:abstractText
The tissular distribution of pentamidine mesylate (4 mg/kg as free base) after intravenous, intramuscular, and aerosol administration in healthy rats was examined. Pentamidine levels in the plasma, lungs, liver, kidneys, and other organs were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. Pentamidine was undetectable in the plasma after day 5. At day 1, the injected groups had high concentrations of the drug in the kidneys (32-34 micrograms/g) and spleen with much lower concentrations in the lungs and the liver (3.12-5.70 micrograms/g and 1.64-2.19 micrograms/g, respectively). Aerosol delivery of pentamidine produced negligible extrapulmonary drug levels (3.29 micrograms/g in kidneys at day 1) and high sustained pulmonary levels throughout the 60 d of the study (range 5.42-19.62 micrograms/g). The half-time of elimination was longer in the lungs and kidneys (29-45 d) than in the liver (1.4-7.0 d) regardless of the mode of administration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
160
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
507-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of tissular disposition of pentamidine mesylate in the rat after aerosol or parenteral administration.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 13, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study