The antibiotic cefepime interferes with amino acid analysis by ion-exchange chromatography

Clin Chim Acta. 2016 May 1:456:149-150. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2016.03.003. Epub 2016 Mar 4.

Authors

Anna I Scott¹, Bryce A Mendelsohn², Anthony Le³, Tina M Cowan³

Affiliations

¹ Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA 94305-5324, United States. Electronic address: annae@stanford.edu.
² University of California, San Francisco Department of Pediatrics, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States.
³ Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA 94305-5324, United States.

PMID: 26947969
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2016.03.003

No abstract available

Keywords: Amino acid; Cefepime; Interference; Liquid chromatography; Ninhydrin; s-Aminoethylcysteine.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Amino Acids / blood*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / blood*
Artifacts*
Blood Chemical Analysis / methods*
Cefepime
Cephalosporins / blood*
Chromatography, Ion Exchange / methods*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged

Substances

Amino Acids
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cephalosporins
Cefepime