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Multiplex Therapeutic Drug Monitoring by Isotope-dilution HPLC-MS/MS of Antibiotics in Critical Illnesses
Published on: August 30, 2018
Dermal drug levels of antibiotic (cephalexin) determined by electroporation and transcutaneous sampling (ETS)
S M Sammeta1, Siva Ram K Vaka, S Narasimha Murthy
1Department of Pharmaceutics, The University of Mississippi, University Mississippi 38677, USA.
Abstract:
The purpose of this project was to assess the validity of a novel Electroporation and transcutaneous sampling (ETS) technique for sampling cephalexin from the dermal extracellular fluid (ECF). This work also investigated the plausibility of using cephalexin levels in the dermal ECF as a surrogate for the drug levels in the synovial fluid. In vitro and in vivo studies were carried out using hairless rats to assess the workability of ETS. Cephalexin (20 mg/kg) was administered (i.v.) through tail vein and the time course of drug concentration in the plasma was determined. In the same rats, cephalexin concentration in the dermal ECF was determined by ETS and microdialysis techniques. In a separate set of rats, only intraarticular microdialysis was carried out to determine the time course of cephalexin concentration in synovial fluid. The drug concentration in the dermal ECF determined by ETS and microdialysis did not differ significantly from each other and so as were the pharmacokinetic parameters. The results provide validity to the ETS technique. Further, there was a good correlation ( approximately 0.9) between synovial fluid and dermal ECF levels of cephalexin indicating that dermal ECF levels could be used as a potential surrogate for cephalexin concentration in the synovial fluid.
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