Ceftriaxone kinetics after a single intravenous dose in leukemic children with fever and granulocytopenia.

Ceftriaxone (CFX) is a new third-generation cephalosporin with interesting characteristics as regards both its antibacterial spectrum and kinetics which make it potentially useful in the empiric treatment of infections in neutropenic cancer patients. However, since its kinetic characteristics in children with leukemia are not known and its pharmacokinetics are reported to be altered in such patients, we studied ceftriaxone's activity in ten leukemic children with fever and neutropenia. Our findings seem to be confirm the potential efficacy of the drug also in this particular type of patient.