How to study pk/pd ?

• CSF penetration of antibiotics

  • Human studies
    • CSF/serum concentration at steady state
  • Animal studies
    • AUC for CSF and serum

• Efficacy

  • CSF bactericidal effect
  • Clinical outcome
    • Mortality
    • Neurological sequelae/degree of brain damage

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