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. 1978 Jun;13(6):1042–1043. doi: 10.1128/aac.13.6.1042

Cerebrospinal Fluid Penetration of Amikacin

Dalius J Briedis 1,, Hugh G Robson 1
PMCID: PMC352386  PMID: 677857

Abstract

Adult volunteers underwent a single lumbar puncture 1 to 8.5 h after one 7.5-mg/kg intramuscular amikacin injection. Eighteen showed no detectable drug in cerebrospinal fluid; six had concentrations <0.5 μg/ml.

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