Therapeutic drug monitoring by LC-MS-MS with special focus on anti-infective drugs

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2010 Nov;398(6):2573-94. doi: 10.1007/s00216-010-3986-z. Epub 2010 Jul 22.

Abstract

Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry nowadays plays an important role in the field of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), especially of new compounds for which no immunoassays are available. This paper reviews LC-MS(-MS) methods published recently for anti-infective drugs: antiretroviral drugs, other antiviral drugs, antibacterial drugs, antihelmintic drugs, antimalarial drugs, and other antiprotozoal drugs. An overview of the different methods is given, with special focus on selection of the internal standard and validation procedures.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / analysis*
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
  • Drug Monitoring / methods*
  • Humans
  • Reference Standards
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents