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B H Ackerman1, E H Taylor, K M Olsen
1Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205.
Abstract:
Sixty-two serum concentrations were obtained from 12 infected patients enrolled in a vancomycin pharmacokinetic study. Both unbound and total serum vancomycin concentrations were measured using ultrafiltration and a commercial fluorescent polarization immunoassay. Ultrafiltrates were obtained by centrifugation at 1000 X g for ten minutes at room temperature and their assay indicated a range in protein binding from 7.9 to 71 percent. The mean protein binding (mean +/- SD) was 41.95 +/- 14.15 percent. No measurable adsorption of vancomycin onto the ultrafiltration membrane was noted. Orthogonal regression of unbound versus total vancomycin concentrations was described by the equation y = 0.597x-0.362 with a correlation coefficient of 0.948.
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