title: [Enzyme determination in vitro of inhibitor activity of beta-lactamase from tazobactam. Comparison with high performance liquid chromatography].
abstract: We developed an enzymatic method using nitrocefin to assay tazobactam in vitro. Tazobactam was incubated with TEM-1 beta-lactamase. Then, residual beta-lactamase activity was assayed by adding nitrocefin. This activity corresponded indirectly to the initial concentration of tazobactam. Within-assay, between-assay and accuracy coefficients of variation were below 15%. The correlation coefficients between enzymatic method and high performance liquid chromatography (the reference method)was 0.98. The enzymatic method is rapid, easy to perform and should be applied to daily clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Universitaire de Thérapeutique, CHU Carémeau, Nimes, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sotto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brunschwig
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramuz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jourdan
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests / Q000379:methods*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010397:Penicillanic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D000078142:Tazobactam; D065093:beta-Lactamase Inhibitors; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D065093:beta-Lactamase Inhibitors; D010397:Penicillanic Acid; D001618:beta-Lactamases; D000078142:Tazobactam
vernacular_title: Dosage enzymatique in vitro de l'activité inhibitrice de beta-lactamase du tazobactam. Comparaison à la chromatographic liquide à haute performance.