Table 5 Antibiotics exposures with or without combination drugs.

From: Pharmacokinetics of anti-Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare disease drugs in silkworms

Antibiotics

Regimen

Cmax (μg/mL)

AUC (μg hour/mL)

Clarithromycin

Single dose

13.6 ± 3.0

477.5 ± 62.9

After five days of rifampicin treatment

10.4 ± 1.3

452.4 ± 76.0

Azithromycin

Single dose

41.2 ± 9.1

410.6 ± 37.8

After five days of rifampicin treatment

43.4 ± 5.4

371.2 ± 23.3

Rifampicin

Single dose

5.4 ± 2.4

18.1 ± 7.0

After five days of clarithromycin treatment

4.3 ± 1.5

15.1 ± 5.3

After five days of azithromycin treatment

4.2 ± 1.6

14.5 ± 5.1

Ethambutol

Single dose

19.7 ± 1.2

94.1 ± 9.4

After five days of clarithromycin treatment

23.9 ± 2.4

100.5 ± 16.7

After five days of azithromycin treatment

30.0 ± 5.9

122.6 ± 34.8

After five days of rifampicin treatment

25.5 ± 3.6

94.0 ± 19.9

Clofazimine

Single dose

2.3 ± 0.19

79.6 ± 6.9

After five days of clarithromycin treatment

2.0 ± 0.52

85.1 ± 28.5

After five days of azithromycin treatment

1.4 ± 0.36

107.1 ± 35.2

After five days of rifampicin treatment

1.4 ± 0.11

106.1 ± 15.5

  1. Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation.
  2. Cmax maximum concentration, AUC area under the concentration–time curve.