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ArticleClinical pharmacology : advances and applications2014

In vitro microdialysis membrane efficiency of broad-spectrum antibiotics in combination and alone.

Shawn H MacVane, Seth T Housman, David P Nicolau

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Article in Clinical pharmacology : advances and applications, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shawn H MacVaneCenter for Anti-Infective Research and Development, Hartford, CT, USA.
Seth T HousmanCenter for Anti-Infective Research and Development, Hartford, CT, USA.
David P NicolauCenter for Anti-Infective Research and Development, Hartford, CT, USA ; Division of Infectious Diseases, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA.
Hartford Financial Services (United States)Hartford Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMicrodialysis is a valuable technique for studying the distribution of drugs into interstitial fluid, the target site for a pharmacologic effect. Due to incomplete equilibrium, retrodialysis is a method used to correct for relative recovery. The impact of two-drug combinations on probe recovery, however, remains unknown.

methodsIn vitro microdialysis was conducted for five antibiotics (avibactam, cefepime, ceftaroline, piperacillin-tazobactam, and vancomycin), representing three empiric antimicrobial regimens, to assess the impact of two-drug combinations on probe recovery. Recoveries were compared between single and two-drug treatments.

resultsRecoveries by gain and loss were linear with their molecular weight. During all gain experiments, recoveries were similar when tested alone or in combination with another antibiotic. Unacceptable differences in recovery by loss were observed for cefepime in the presence of vancomycin (-21%) and vancomycin in the presence of piperacillin-tazobactam (-22%).

conclusionDifferences among in vitro recovery by loss suggest two-drug combinations may impact dialysate recovery during in vivo retrodialysis procedures, particularly when larger molecular weight drugs (ie, vancomycin) are involved. Importantly, there were no differences during gain experiments. In vitro studies, as performed here, should be conducted for each potential two-drug combination, prior to their combined use for in vivo retrodialysis.

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combination therapymicrodialysisretrodialysis

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PMID24940084
PMCPMC4051625
OpenAlexW2018226604

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