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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2025

Distribution of ganciclovir in the porcine central nervous system.

Johan Mikkel Guldbæk, Theis Mariager, Mikkel Dreyer Nielsen, Jacob Holmen Terkelsen, Roland Nau, Carsten Reidies Bjarkam, Henrik Nielsen, Jacob Bodilsen

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Johan Mikkel GuldbækDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, North Denmark, Denmark.ORCID 0009-0008-1633-9582
Theis MariagerDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, North Denmark, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-8135-561X
Mikkel Dreyer NielsenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, North Denmark, Denmark.
Jacob Holmen TerkelsenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, North Denmark, Denmark.
Roland NauESCMID Study Group for Infectious Diseases of the Brain (ESGIB), Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8316-995X
Carsten Reidies BjarkamDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, North Denmark, Denmark.
Henrik NielsenDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, North Denmark, Denmark.
Jacob BodilsenDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, North Denmark, Denmark.

Funding

Lions Clubs International FoundationNovo Nordisk Fonden NNF21SA0069373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ganciclovir is often used compassionately for encephalitis due to cytomegalovirus (CMV) and human herpes virus 6b (HHV-6b). Ganciclovir pharmacokinetic studies in the central nervous system (CNS) generally rely on single measurements in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or homogenized brain tissue. Therefore the objective was to compare brain extracellular fluid (ECF) concentrations of ganciclovir with plasma and CSF concentrations in a porcine model, using microdialysis during a 24 h period. Six Danish landrace pigs (female, age 4 months, 31-37 kg) received two weight-adjusted intravenous doses of ganciclovir. Unbound ganciclovir concentrations were determined by microdialysis over 24 h in five compartments: CSF (lateral ventricle, cisterna magna, and lumbar) and brain ECF (cortical and subcortical). Data were compared with paired plasma samples. Ganciclovir concentrations >IC

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Antiviral AgentsBrainCentral Nervous SystemGanciclovirAnimalsCytomegalovirusFemaleMicrodialysisSwineAntiviral AgentsGancicloviranimal modelsantiviral agentsantiviral pharmacologyCNSganciclovirmicrodialysispharmacokinetics

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PMID40116478
PMCPMC12057358

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