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. 2020 Aug 25;7:476. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00476

Table 2.

Antibiotic concentrations in the sweat and blood of patients treated with cefepime.

Cefepime concentration (mg/L) Patient 1 (C1) Patient 2 (C2) Patient 3 (C3) Patient 4 (C4) Patient 5 (C5)
SWEAT
Time
BL 1.253 0.080 0.011 0.036 0.368
BL+2 h 3.422 0.041 0.045 NA 0.768
BL+4 h 0.215 0.029 0.033 0.096 0.094
BL+6 h 0.074 0.007 0.016 NA 0.133
BL+8 h 0.785 0.023 0.022 0.060 0.099
Mean 1.150 0.036 0.025 0.065 0.292
BLOOD
Time
BL 20.285 3.947 7.613 5.824 159.948
BL+2 h 67.016 33.630 18.599 34.667 59.736
BL+4 h 42.930 20.713 23.421 10.142 59.929
BL+6 h 38.587 12.321 14.967 NA 63.684
BL+8 h 37.233 13.157 13.728 3.958 38.415
Mean 41.210 16.754 15.666 13.648 76.342

BL, baseline before antibiotic treatment application; NA, not available.