Research Article

Bioequivalence and Population Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Two Forms of Antibiotic, Cefuroxime Lysine and Cefuroxime Sodium, after Intravenous Infusion in Beagle Dogs

Table 1

Demographic of the drug administrated for 18 beagle dogs.

Antibiotics (mg/kg)aSexbAge (m)cWeight (kg)c
1 week2 week

20M11.3 ± 0.5813.6 ± 0.4014.7 ± 0.25
F11.0 ± 012.9 ± 1.1813.2 ± 1.22
40M10.3 ± 1.1513.0 ± 1.5214.0 ± 1.67
F12.0 ± 1.7313.0 ± 2.0813.6 ± 1.77
80M12.3 ± 2.8911.7 ± 0.3512.7 ± 0.71
F11.0 ± 2.6510.9 ± 0.6411.4 ± 0.72

a: The administrated antibiotics (both cefuroxime forms).
b: M: male, F: female.
c: Data are listed as means ± SD, where 𝑛 = 3 .