Abstract
Antimicrobial activity of cefoperazone, a high protein bound cephalosporin, depends on its unbound concentration. However, the protein binding data of cefoperazone in children is limited, making it challenging to optimize antimicrobial therapy in pediatric clinical practice. Furthermore, a validated method to measure the free part in children is unavailable with the small volume of samples that can be obtained. Therefore, in the present study, we developed and validated an LC-MS/MS method for the determination of free cefoperazone in children. In this study, 70 μL of plasma was used to prepare the ultrafiltrate (only containing the free drug). Chromatographic separation of the analyte was achieved on a C18 column using gradient elution with a mobile phase of acetonitrile and water (0.1% formic acid). Negative electrospray ionisation in the multiple reaction monitoring mode was applied for the detection of cefoperazone and ceftiofur (internal standard). The calibration curve was prepared in the range of 5–5000 ng/mL with excellent linearity. For each level of quality control samples, the intra- and inter-day precision (CV) was below 9.0%, and the accuracy ranged from 91.5% to 105.0%. The matrix effect was less than 11.7%, and the recovery was between 92.9% and 95.9% of cefoperazone. The validated method has been successfully applied to the determination of free plasma concentration of cefoperazone in pediatric patients. The results of the unbound fraction showed considerable individual variability (range: 8.1–48.0%). The correlation analysis showed that age and albumin had significant effects on the protein binding of cefoperazone.
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