Rifampin pharmacokinetics in children, with and without human immunodefiency virus infection, hospitalized for the management of severe forms of tuberculosis
SOURCE: BMC Medicine
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): H.S.Schaaf, M.Willemse, K.Cilliers, D.Labadarios, J.S.Maritz, G.D.Hussey, H.McIlleron, P.Smith, P.R.Donald
KEYWORDS: ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART), CHILDREN, HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, WELL-BEING (HEALTH)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 5948
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4724
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4724
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): H.S.Schaaf, M.Willemse, K.Cilliers, D.Labadarios, J.S.Maritz, G.D.Hussey, H.McIlleron, P.Smith, P.R.Donald
KEYWORDS: ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART), CHILDREN, HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, WELL-BEING (HEALTH)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 5948
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4724
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4724
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Abstract
Background Rifampin is a key drug in antituberculosis chemotherapy because it rapidly kills the majority of bacilli in tuberculosis lesions, prevents relapse and thus enables 6-month short-course chemotherapy. Little is known about the pharmacokinetics of rifampin in children. The objective of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of rifampin in children with tuberculosis, both human immunodeficiency virus type-1-infected and human immunodeficiency virus-uninfected. Methods Fifty-four children, 21 human immunodeficiency virus-infected and 33 human immunodeficiency virus-uninfected, mean ages 3.73 and 4.05 years (P = 0.68), respectively, admitted to a tuberculosis hospital in Cape Town, South Africa with severe forms of tuberculosis were studied approximately 1 month and 4 months after commencing antituberculosis treatment. Blood specimens for analysis were drawn in the morning, 45 minutes, 1.5, 3.0, 4.0 and 6.0 hours after dosing. Rifampin concentrations were determined by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. For two sample comparisons of means, the Welch version of the t-test was used; associations between variables were examined by Pearson correlation and by multiple linear regression. Conclusion Both human immunodeficiency virus-infected and human immunodeficiency virus-uninfected children with tuberculosis have very low rifampin serum concentrations after receiving standard rifampin dosages similar to those used in adults. Pharmacokinetic studies of higher dosages of rifampin are urgently needed in children to assist in placing the dosage of rifampin used in childhood on a more scientific foundation.-
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