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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1978 March; 13(3): 500-504

Rapid determination of serum 5-fluorocytosine levels by high-performance liquid chromatography.

R B Diasio, M E Wilburn, S Shadomy and A Espinel-Ingroff

ABSTRACT

A method for the rapid, quantitative determination of 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) in serum by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has been developed. After initially ultrafiltrating the serum, a portion was injected onto a cation exchange column. 5-FC was separated by using an ammonium-phosphate buffer as the mobile phase and detected by ultraviolet absorption at 254 nm. Quantitation of 5-FC was based on the linear relationship between peak area in the chromatograms and known concentrations of 5-FC in a set of serum standards (prepared by adding from 10 to 200 micrograms of 5-FC to 1-ml aliquots of pooled human serum). This method was compared with the standard microbiological method for 5-FC. Advantages of the HPLC method include: Determination of 5-FC levels within 30 min; lack of interference from other antimicrobial drugs, particularly amphotericin B; more accurate determination of true 5-FC level, particularly at concentrations of less than 25 micrograms/ml or greater than 100 micrograms/ml; and ease with which the assay may be automated for routine use.

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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1978 March; 13(3): 500-504