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

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 398, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2573-2594

  Müller, Daniel M ^a   Rentsch, Katharina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibacterial drugs; Antihelmintic drugs; Antimalarial drugs; Antiprotozoal drugs; Antiviral drugs; LC MS( MS); Therapeutic drug monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTI-VIRAL DRUGS; ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS; ANTIHELMINTIC DRUGS; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG; ANTIPROTOZOAL DRUGS; LC-MS(-MS); THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

DRUG MONITORING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 78650184669     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-3986-z     Document Type: Review

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