title: Application of high-performance liquid chromatography of some antibiotics in clinical microbiology.
abstract: During recent years high-performance liquid chromatography has become an excellent tool for the determination of antibiotics in biological fluids. Compared with biological assays, the major benefits of this method are specificity and rapidity. In particular, the determination of biologically inactive metabolites emphasizes that this technique plays an outstanding role for the analysis of antibiotics. This paper describes how the method can be used in the analysis of several antibiotics and demonstrates the efficacy of this method for clinical microbiology. Methods for the determination in biological fluids of acylaminopenicillins (azlocillin, mezlocillin, piperacillin and aspoxicillin), quinolones (ciprofloxacine, norfloxacine and ofloxacine), a penem (imipenem) and a cephalosporin (cefixime) are summarized. Furthermore, their application to in vitro studies and their trial in clinical studies are described.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Ruhr Universität, Bochum, F.R.G.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knöller
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: König
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schönfeld
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Bremm
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Köller
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D002021:Buffers; D020682:Cefixime; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D010406:Penicillins / Q000032:analysis; D012463:Saliva / Q000032:analysis; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002021:Buffers; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D010406:Penicillins; D013845:Thienamycins; D015378:Imipenem; D020682:Cefixime; D002439:Cefotaxime