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Eric F Egelund1, Marc Weiner2, Rajendra P Singh3, Thomas J Prihoda4, Jonathon A L Gelfond5, Hartmut Derendorf1, William R Mac Kenzie6, Charles A Peloquin1.
Abstract
Rifapentine is highly protein bound in blood, but the free, unbound drug is the microbiologically active fraction. In this exploratory study, we characterized the free plasma fraction of rifapentine in 41 patients with tuberculosis. We found a lower total rifapentine concentration but significantly higher free rifapentine levels in African patients of black race compared to non-Africans. These data support larger pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic studies to confirm these findings and assess free rifapentine in relation to microbiological and clinical outcomes.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24841270 PMCID: PMC4136068 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01730-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191