Protein binding of cefazolin is saturable in vivo both between and within patients

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 753-757

  Vella Brincat, Jane W A ^a   Begg, Evan J ^a   Kirkpatrick, Carl M J ^a,b   Zhang, Mei ^a   Chambers, Stephen T ^a   Gallagher, Kate ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cefazolin; Cephalosporins; Protein binding

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CEFAZOLIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 34248577631     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2006.02827.x     Document Type: Article

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