Pharmacokinetics of intracameral voriconazole injection

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 May;53(5):2156-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01125-08. Epub 2009 Mar 2.

Abstract

Elimination of voriconazole after intracameral injection exhibited an exponential decay with a half-life of 22 min. Voriconazole levels in the vitreous humor were below the detectable limit. The aqueous concentrations achieved with a 25-microg dose during the first 2 h were greater than the previously reported MICs of organisms most involved in fungal endophthalmitis. A rapid decline in intracameral concentration suggests that frequent supplementation of intracameral voriconazole may be required in clinical settings.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacokinetics*
  • Aqueous Humor / metabolism*
  • Half-Life
  • Injections
  • Pyrimidines / administration & dosage
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacokinetics*
  • Rabbits
  • Triazoles / administration & dosage
  • Triazoles / pharmacokinetics*
  • Vitreous Body / metabolism*
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Voriconazole