Evaluation by Monte Carlo simulation of levofloxacin dosing for complicated urinary tract infections caused by Escherichia coli or Pseudomonas aeruginosa

J Infect Chemother. 2011 Oct;17(5):726-30. doi: 10.1007/s10156-011-0231-4. Epub 2011 Mar 17.

Abstract

We evaluated, by Monte Carlo simulation, 500-mg once-daily, 100-mg thrice-daily, 200-mg twice-daily, and 200-mg thrice-daily dose regimens of levofloxacin (LVFX), for the ratio of area under the concentration-time curve for 24 h (AUC(0-24)) to minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) (AUC(0-24)/MIC) and the ratio of maximum plasma concentration (C(max)) to MIC (C(max)/MIC), which predict microbiological outcomes, and the C(max)/MIC, which inhibits fluoroquinolone resistance selection, in complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) with Escherichia coli or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Monte Carlo simulation was performed for 10000 cases using the pharmacokinetic data of patients with complicated UTIs and the LVFX MIC distributions for E. coli or P. aeruginosa clinical strains. The probabilities of achieving the AUC(0-24)/MIC target (66.2-67.9%) and the C(max)/MIC target (64.5-67.5%) to eradicate E. coli were similar among the 4 regimens. In eradication of P. aeruginosa, the 200-mg thrice-daily and the once-daily dose regimens produced higher probabilities of achieving the AUC(0-24)/MIC target (57.5%) and C(max)/MIC target (55.1%), respectively. For the probabilities of achieving the C(max)/MIC targets that prevent the emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance, the once-daily dose regimen (66.8%) did not differ from the other multiple-dose regimens (62.3-66.2%) in E. coli, whereas the former regimen (44.2%) was superior to the latter regimens (10.8-31.7%) in P. aeruginosa. The 500-mg once-daily dose regimen of LVFX, which produced the larger AUC(0-24) and higher C(max), could ensure the efficacy of eradication of uropathogens and reduce the risk of fluoroquinolone resistance selection in complicated UTIs.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Area Under Curve
  • Computer Simulation
  • Databases, Factual
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli Infections / drug therapy*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Levofloxacin*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Models, Statistical
  • Monte Carlo Method*
  • Ofloxacin / administration & dosage*
  • Ofloxacin / pharmacokinetics
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / metabolism
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Urinary Tract Infections / drug therapy*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / metabolism
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Levofloxacin
  • Ofloxacin