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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reliability of mini-bronchoalveolar lavage (mini-BAL) for the measurement of tobramycin concentrations in epithelial lining fluid (ELF) in comparison with conventional bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). DESIGN: Prospective, open-label study. SETTING: An intensive care unit and research ward in a university hospital. PATIENTS: Twelve critically ill adult patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). INTERVENTIONS: All subjects received intravenous infusions of tobramycin 7-10 mg/kg once daily. After 2 days of therapy, the steady-state serum and ELF concentrations (obtained from BAL and mini-BAL) of tobramycin were determined by means of high-performance liquid chromatography. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: We observed poor penetration of tobramycin in ELF of approximately approximately 12% with ELF peak concentrations of approximately approximately 3 mg/l with both methods. Good agreement in Bland-Altman analysis (mean +/- SD bias = 0.04 +/- 0.38 mg/l) was observed between the two methods of sampling. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that tobramycin 7-10 mg/kg once daily in critically illpatients with VAP might provide insufficient lung concentrations in the case of difficult-to-treat pathogens. Besides, mini-BAL, which is simple, non-invasive and easily repeatable at the bedside, appears to be a reliable method for the measurement of antibiotic concentrations in ELF in comparison with bronchoscopic BAL in critically illpatients with VAP.
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