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ArticleThe Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy2020

Pharmacokinetics of fosfomycin in patients with prophylactic treatment for recurrent Escherichia coli urinary tract infection.

Sander G Kuiper, Anneke C Dijkmans, Erik B Wilms, Ingrid M C Kamerling, Jacobus Burggraaf, Jasper Stevens, Cees van Nieuwkoop

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Article in The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Systematic Review of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measurement in Patients With Complicated Urinary Tract Infections.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sander G KuiperDepartment of Internal Medicine, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Anneke C DijkmansCentre for Human Drug Research (CHDR), Leiden, The Netherlands.
Erik B WilmsDepartment of Hospital Pharmacy, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Ingrid M C KamerlingCentre for Human Drug Research (CHDR), Leiden, The Netherlands.
Jacobus BurggraafCentre for Human Drug Research (CHDR), Leiden, The Netherlands.
Jasper StevensDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Cees van NieuwkoopDepartment of Internal Medicine, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Haga Hospital · NLLeiden University Medical Center · NLCentre for Human Drug Research · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the pharmacokinetics and clinical effectiveness of IV and oral fosfomycin treatment in patients with recurrent urinary tract infection (rUTI) with Escherichia coli. PATIENTS AND

methodsPatients with rUTI treated with 3 g of oral fosfomycin every 72 h for at least 14 days were included in a prospective open-label single-centre study. Serum samples were taken after oral and IV administration of fosfomycin. Urine was collected for 24 h on 3 consecutive days. Fosfomycin concentrations in serum and urine were analysed using validated LC-MS/MS. Pharmacokinetics were evaluated using a population model. EudraCT number 2018-000616-25.

resultsTwelve patients were included, of whom nine were also administered IV fosfomycin. Data were best described by a two-compartment model with linear elimination and a transit-absorption compartment. Median values for absolute bioavailability and serum half-life were 18% and 2.13 h, respectively. Geometric mean urine concentrations on Days 1, 2 and 3 were above an MIC of 8 mg/L after both oral and IV administration. Quality of life reported on a scale of 1-10 increased from 5.1 to 7.4 (P = 0.001). The average score of UTI symptoms decreased after fosfomycin dosing (by 3.1 points, 95% CI = -0.7 to 7.0, P = 0.10).

conclusionsOral fosfomycin at 3 g every 72 h provides plasma and urine concentrations of fosfomycin above the MIC for E. coli. This pharmacokinetic model can be used to develop optimal dosing regimens of fosfomycin in patients with UTI.

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FosfomycinUrinary Tract InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsChromatography, LiquidEscherichia coliHumansProspective StudiesQuality of LifeTandem Mass SpectrometryAnti-Bacterial AgentsFosfomycin

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PMID32712666
PMCPMC9297308
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