Immunomodulatory Effects of Fosfomycin in Experimental Human Endotoxemia

Robert Sauermann, Claudia Marsik, Ilka Steiner, Katja Seir, Tuende Cvitko, Markus Zeitlinger, Oswald Wagner, Christian Joukhadar

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2007 · 18 citations · 16 references

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To evaluate the effect of fosfomycin on proinflammatory cytokines, a bolus of 2 ng of bacterial lipopolysaccharide/kg of body weight was injected intravenously into healthy volunteers. After 2 h, subjects received 8 g of fosfomycin or placebo in a randomized crossover study design. The resulting concentrations of tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and IL-6 expressed as protein and mRNA levels were almost identical with and without fosfomycin.

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