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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
The neurotoxic potential of benzylpenicillin administered intravenously as a continuous infusion was studied in rabbits with experimental Escherichia coli meningitis. As controls a group of rabbits was injected with saline into the cisterna magna. The concentrations of benzylpenicillin in serum, CSF and brain tissue fluid were studied at onset of epileptogenic electroencephalographic activity (thirteen rabbits) or convulsions (ten rabbits), with a previously developed method for neurotoxicity studies. E. coli meningitis did not increase the neurotoxicity of benzylpenicillin, despite high concentrations of the drug in both CSF and brain tissue fluid. The intracisternal injection of saline in the control group produced slight pleocytosis in some rabbits indicating some degree of damage of the blood-CSF barrier.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0305-7453
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
521-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Neurotoxicity of benzylpenicillin in experimental Escherichia coli meningitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Umeå, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article