Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis is commonly treated with intravenous ampicillin/ceftriaxone combination therapy. Ampicillin, however, is unsuitable for outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) regimens due to its instability in 24...
The presence of pharmaceuticals in surface water and wastewater poses a threat to public health and has significant effects on the ecosystem. Since most wastewater treatment plants are ineffective at removing molecules efficiently, some pharmaceutica...
Background: Ampicillin plus ceftriaxone (AC) is a first-line treatment for Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis (IE). Its administration in outpatient parenteral antibiotic treatment (OPAT) programs is challenging. The design of a ceftriaxone...
Background: Ceftriaxone has standard, set dosing regimens that may not achieve adequate serum concentrations in obese patients compared to non-obese patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of obesity on ceftriaxone efficacy whe...
Broad-spectrum antibiotics can kill both pathogens and gut microbiota. Reducing exposure to excess intestinal antibiotics could theoretically protect gut microbiota homeostasis. Recently, engineered charcoals, gel microparticles, and resin beads have...
We described ceftriaxone-induced CNS adverse events through the largest case series of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) reports, from 1995 to 2017, using the French Pharmacovigilance Database. In total, 152 cases of serious CNS ADRs were analyzed; 112 p...
It is known that ceftriaxone administration is associated with biliary pseudolithiasis, although the development of urolithiasis has been rarely reported. We encountered a young male with bacterial meningitis complicated by urinary precipitates compo...
Objectives: To assess the in vitro effect of select antimicrobials on the growth of N. gonorrhoeae and its pharmacodynamic parameters. Methods: Time–kill assays were performed on two reference N. gonorrhoeae strains (ceftriaxone-resistant WHO X...
Background: Cephalosporins are considered safe antibiotics. However, serious hematological abnormalities may occur, although rarely, after their therapeutic use. Case Presentation: We present a case of pancytopenia in a 72-year-old female patient tre...
Lithiasis is a known side effect of ceftriaxone administration in children. Sex, age, weight, dosage, and duration of intake have been reported as risk factors for the formation of calcification or stones in the bile and urine excretory systems of ch...
Antibiotic tolerance is associated with antibiotic treatment failure, and molecular mechanisms underlying tolerance are poorly understood. We recently succeeded in inducing tolerance to ceftriaxone (CRO) in an N. gonorrhoeae reference isolate. In a p...
The recommended empiric ceftriaxone dosing regimen for acute bacterial meningitis in adults is 2 g every 12 h. After penicillin-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae is isolated as a causative microorganism, the ceftriaxone dose may be continued or re...
Background/Objectives: Ceftriaxone is widely used as empirical antimicrobial therapy (EAT) for urinary tract infections (UTIs). However, healthcare-associated urinary tract infections (HCA-UTIs) are often associated with inadequate EAT (IEAT). This s...
Chronic bacterial prostatitis is increasingly difficult to treat due to rising antimicrobial resistance limiting oral treatment options. In this case series, 11 men with CBP (including patients with urological comorbidities) due to multi-resistant E....
Ceftriaxone has a high propensity for misuse because of its high rate of utilization. In this study, we aimed at assessing the appropriateness of the clinical utilization of ceftriaxone in nine health facilities in Uganda. Using the World Health Orga...
Sepsis can trigger acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which can lead to a series of physiological changes, modifying the effectiveness of therapy and culminating in death. For all experiments, male Wistar rats (200–250 g) were split in...
Aerosol inhalation delivery of ceftriaxone in mice was investigated. An ultrasonic nebulizer within the ranges of mean particle diameter 0.5–1.5 μm and mass concentration 0.01–0.6 μg/cm3 was used in inhalation experiments. Pharmacok...
Ceftriaxone has been a part of therapeutic regime for combating some of the most aggressive bacterial infections in the last few decades. However, increasing bacterial resistance towards ceftriaxone and other third generation cephalosporin antibiotic...
Accurate detection of antibiotics in biological samples is essential for clinical diagnoses and therapeutic drug monitoring. This research examines how proteins and other substances in blood plasma affect the detection of the antibiotic ceftriaxone u...
The objective of this study was to create polymeric dressings, microfibers, and microneedles (MN) loaded with ceftriaxone, using PMVA (Poly (Methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic acid), Kollicoat® 100P, and Kollicoat® Protect as polymers to treat dia...
Nanotechnology provides solutions by combining the fields of textiles and medicine to prevent infectious microbial spread. Our study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of nanofiber sheets incorporated with a well-known antibiotic, ceftriaxo...
Third-generation cephalosporins are widely used due to the convenient spectrum of activity, safety, and posology. However, they are associated with the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms, which makes them important targets for antimicrobial s...
Background/Objective: Intravenous fluid shortages have led to fluid-sparing measures such as intravenous push (IVP) administration of antibiotics. This study aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of IVP and intravenous piggyback (IVPB) ceftriaxone...
Ceftriaxone sodium is a cephalosporin with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity and belongs to the third generation of cephalosporins. Regarding the quality control of medicines, a validated microbiological assay for the determination of ceftriaxone...
Background/Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the plasma and muscle pharmacokinetics of ceftriaxone (25 mg/kg) in tilapia after different administration routes. Methods: Two hundred and sixteen fish maintained at 30 ± 1.5 °...
Penicillin-binding proteins 2 (PBP2) are critically important enzymes in the formation of the bacterial cell wall. Inhibition of PBP2 is utilized in the treatment of various diseases, including gonorrhea. Ceftriaxone is the only drug used to treat go...
Background: Antibiotics are essential to the treatment of diseases, but they have also brought about concerns in terms of their environmental, economic, and health impacts. Antibiotics can be excreted in unchanged form or as metabolites, which can ca...
Ampicillin plus ceftriaxone (AC) is a well-recognized inpatient regimen for Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis (IE). In this regimen, ceftriaxone is usually administered 2 g every 2 h (AC12). The administration of AC in outpatient parentera...
Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a promising technique for removing pollutants from water. In this work, supercritical antisolvent (SAS)-micronized ZnO (ZnOSAS) is coupled with commercial anatase TiO2 (PC50) to study the photocatalytic degradation of...
Current guidelines recommend the use of ceftriaxone and sulbactam-ampicillin for the initial treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, there are no clear data on these guidelines. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis ai...
Surgical site infections are among the most prevalent and costly healthcare-associated infections, resulting in poor patient outcomes and even death. Cefazolin is a first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic that is widely used for surgical prophylaxi...
Despite their clinical effectiveness, a growing body of evidence has shown that many classes of antibiotics lead to mitochondrial dysfunction. Ceftriaxone and Rifaximin are first choice perioperative antibiotics in gastrointestinal surgery targeting...
Background: Excessive use of ceftriaxone contributes to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In low and middle-income countries, antibiotics are overused but data on consumption are scarcely available. We aimed to determine the...
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common infections and are frequently caused by Gram-negative organisms. The rise of resistant isolates has prompted evaluation of alternative therapies, including amoxicillin-clavulanate which has p...
Emerging contaminants are a significant issue in the environment. Photocatalysis is proposed as a solution for the degradation of pollutants contained in wastewater. In this work, ZnO-based photocatalysts have been produced and tested for the photoca...
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is an uncommon life-threatening necrotizing skin and soft tissue infection. The formation of hemorrhagic bullae is a special skin sign of NF. The purposes of this study were to investigate the incidence of hemorrhagic bulla...
Exposure to opioids can lead to the alteration of several neurotransmitters. Among these neurotransmitters, glutamate is thought to be involved in opioid dependence. Glutamate neurotransmission is mainly regulated by astrocytic glutamate transporters...
Although a 2 g once daily administration of ceftriaxone remains the standard dosing regimen for the treatment of aspiration pneumonia, there are no studies to investigate the optimal dosing method. Hence, we retrospectively evaluated the effectivenes...
Bacterial infections are a severe medical problem, especially in traumatology, orthopedics, and surgery. The local use of antibiotics-elution materials has made it possible to increase the effectiveness of acute infections treatment. However, the inf...
Diabetic hyperglycemia delays wound healing, leading to serious consequences. Topical antibiotics can reduce the risk of a wound infection during healing; nevertheless, the microbial fight against antibiotics brings about public health challenges. An...
(1) Background: Ceftriaxone is a potential alternative for the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bloodstream infections (BSIs) in acute care and outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) settings. We evaluated...
Titanium-based implants are widely used in orthopedic and trauma surgery; however, postoperative infections remain a major cause of implant failure due to early bacterial adhesion. Localized antibiotic delivery from surface coatings offers a promisin...
The electrochemical stability of ceftriaxone (CFTX), belonging to the third generation of cephalosporin antibiotics, was studied by electrochemical measurements recorded on a platinum electrode (Pt) in aqueous solutions containing sodium halides. The...
Currently, ampicillin plus ceftriaxone (AC) is one of the preferred treatments for Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis. However, there is a lack of stability data for the combination of both drugs in elastomeric devices, so the inclusion of...
The impact of ceftriaxone pharmacokinetic alterations on protein binding and PK/PD target attainment still remains unclear. We evaluated pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) target attainment of unbound ceftriaxone in critically ill patients with...
Background: Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) is a common pathogen associated with a range of clinically important infections. MSSA can cause deep-seated infections requiring prolonged courses of intravenous antibiotic therapy to a...
The tau protein, a soluble protein associated with microtubules, which is involved in the assembly and stabilization of cytoskeletal elements, was found to form neurofibrillary tangles in different neurodegenerative diseases. Insoluble tau aggregates...
Gut microbiota imbalance is associated with the occurrence of metabolic diseases such as obesity. Thus, its modulation is a promising strategy to restore gut microbiota and improve intestinal health in the obese. This paper examines the role of probi...
Ceftriaxone (CTX) a third-generation cephalosporin, is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that can be administered via intramuscular or intravenous routes to treat various types of infection. However, CTX has poor cellular penetration and poor diffusion due...
Background: Cancer patients are prescribed antibiotics, such as macrolides and lactamides, for infection treatment. However, the effect of these antibiotics on NLRP3 activation remains largely unknown. Method: Lung cancer (A549) and prostate cancer (...
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