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1. A method of treating an infection selected from the group consisting of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections (cUTI), Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections (cIAI) and Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (HABP)/Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia (VABP), the method comprising
a. reconstituting a lyophilized unit dosage form composition comprising the following componentsNominal CompositionComponentmg per 1 g ceftolozane activeCeftolozane Sulfateabout 1147 (providing 1,000 mg ceftolozane active)Citric Acid21Sodium Chloride450-500L-Arginine500-700Tazobactamabout 537 (providing 500 mg tazobactam free acidSodiumper 1,000 mg ceftolozane active) in one or more pharmaceutically acceptable liquid carriers selected from the group consisting of 0.9% sodium chloride aqueous solution for injection, 0.45% sodium chloride aqueous solution for injection, and 5% dextrose for injection and water for injection, to form a dissolved unit dosage form; b. diluting the dissolved unit dosage form in one or more pharmaceutically acceptable liquid carriers selected from the group consisting of 0.9% sodium chloride aqueous solution for injection, 0.45% sodium chloride aqueous solution for injection, and 5% dextrose for injection and water for injection, to form a parenteral pharmaceutical formulation comprising a therapeutically effective amount of ceftolozane sulfate and tazobactam, and having an osmolality of about 400-600 mOsm/kg and a pH of about 5-7; and c. intravenously administering to a patient in need thereof the parenteral pharmaceutical formulation comprising the therapeutically effective dose of ceftolozane sulfate and tazobactam; tazobactam in an amount providing 500 mg of tazobactam acid per 1,000 mg of ceftolozane active in the parenteral pharmaceutical formulation; 450 to 500 mg of sodium chloride per 1,000 mg of ceftolozane active in the parenteral pharmaceutical formulation; and L-arginine. |