36 research outputs found

    A simple and sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay for the quantification of ertapenem in microdialysate.

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    International audienceA new liquid chromatography assay with isocratic elution and tandem mass spectrometry detection (LC-MS/MS) using an electrospray ionization interface in the multiple reaction monitoring mode was developed and validated for ertapenem determination in microdialysate samples. Linearity was demonstrated between 10ngmL(-1) (lower limit of quantification, LLoQ) and 160ngmL(-1). The precision (CV%) and accuracy (bias%) in microdialysates at the LLoQ were respectively 2.2% and 17.3% within-day and 10.6% and 2.7% between-days. Ertapenem was stable for 1 month at -20 degrees C and -80 degrees C but unstable at +4 degrees C. This new LC-MS/MS assay is simple, rapid and more sensitive than previously described assays

    Microdialysis Study of Imipenem Distribution in the Peritoneal Fluid of Rats with Experimental Acute Pancreatitisâ–¿

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    Imipenem distribution was characterized by microdialysis in the peritoneal fluid of rats with experimental pancreatitis. The ratios of peritoneal fluid to blood area under unbound concentration-versus-time curves were close to unity, suggesting that imipenem was not degraded in peritoneal fluid

    Microdialysis Study of Imipenem Distribution in the Intraperitoneal Fluid of Rats with or without Experimental Peritonitis

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    The purpose of this study was to extend the use of microdialysis to the investigation of antibiotic distribution into the intraperitoneal fluid of rats with or without peritonitis. Microdialysis probes were inserted into the jugular vein and peritoneal cavity of control rats or rats with intra-abdominal sepsis (n = 8 in each group) induced by cecal ligation and punctures. Imipenem (IPM) probe recoveries were determined in each rat by retrodialysis by drug. IPM was infused intravenously at a dose of 30 mg · kg(−1) over 30 min, microdialysis samples were collected for 120 min, and IPM concentrations were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. Intraperitoneal infection had no statistically significant effect on IPM clearance (11.9 ± 2.3 ml · min(−1) · kg(−1) in control rats versus 10.9 ± 2.1 ml · min(−1) · kg(−1) in rats with peritonitis) or the volume of distribution (296 ± 47 ml · kg(−1) in control rats versus 310 ± 49 ml · kg(−1) in rats with peritonitis). IPM concentration profiles in intraperitoneal fluid and blood were virtually superimposed in control rats, whereas in infected animals, the mean intraperitoneal IPM concentrations were apparently slightly lower than corresponding blood levels. However, the areas under the concentration-versus-time curve estimated in intraperitoneal fluid and blood were not significantly different in both groups, with the corresponding ratios close to unity (1.01 ± 0.19 and 0.89 ± 0.28 in control rats and rats with peritonitis, respectively). In conclusion, IPM distribution in intraperitoneal fluid is rapid and complete both in control rats and in rats with peritonitis
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