title: Measurement of cefuroxime in human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid by high-performance liquid chromatography after solid-phase extraction.
abstract: A sensitive and selective method for the determination of cefuroxime in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV detection at 280 nm after solid-phase extraction with C18 cartridges was developed. A Waters symmetry C18 column was used and the mobile phase was acetonitrile-0.05 M ammonium phosphate buffer (pH 3.2) (15:85, v/v). The method enabled the determination of cefuroxime at concentrations below 100 ng/ml, with a linear calibration curve at concentrations of 5-100 ng/ml for 400 microliters of BAL. The intra- and inter-assay coefficient of variations for 10, 40 and 80 ng/ml were between 5.3 and 8.9%. Analytical recoveries were between 92.7 and 106.2%. The detection limit was 1 ng/ml at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3:1 using 400 microliters of BAL. The method was successfully used for the analysis of BAL fluid from patients after oral administration of 500 mg cefuroxime axetil twice daily.
authors.affiliation: Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, University of Gent, Medical School, Belgium.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rosseel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peleman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Hoorebeke
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pauwels
mesh_terms: D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D002138:Calibration; D002444:Cefuroxime / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D002444:Cefuroxime