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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
Concentrations of vancomycin in bones of 14 patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (group 1) and 5 patients with osteomyelitis (group 2) were studied. Group 1 received vancomycin, 15 mg/kg intravenously, 1 h prior to anesthesia. Group 2 received doses adjusted to achieve peak levels in serum of 20 to 30 micrograms/ml and trough levels of less than 12 micrograms/ml; bone specimens were collected during surgical debridement. The specimens were pulverized and eluted into phosphate buffer, and the supernatants were analyzed for vancomycin content by fluorescence polarization immunoassay. In group 1, vancomycin was detectable in all cancellous specimens with a mean concentration of 2.3 +/- 4.0 micrograms/g (range, 0.5 to 16 micrograms/g); 10 of 14 cortical specimens had detectable vancomycin; the mean cortical concentration was 1.1 +/- 0.8 micrograms/g (range, not detectable to 2.6 micrograms/g). In group 2, vancomycin was detectable in only two of five cortical bone specimens (mean concentration, 5.9 +/- 3.5 micrograms/g). Cancellous bone was obtained in one patient; the vancomycin concentration was 3.6 micrograms/g. In most patients the vancomycin levels in bones were higher than the MIC for susceptible staphylococci following single prophylactic doses. In the few infected patients studied, penetration was variable and deserves further study.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0066-4804
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1320-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Vancomycin concentrations in infected and noninfected human bone.
pubmed:affiliation
Pharmacy and Drug Information Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't