Abstract
Radionuclides currently used in clinical medicine were evaluated for their possible interference with radioenzymatic assays of aminoglycoside antibiotics. Of the radiopharmaceuticals tested, only 67Ga citrate interfered with the radioenzymatic assay of gentamicin. Radioenzymatic assay of serum samples obtained from patients receiving 67Ga yielded gentamicin concentrations falsely elevated by more than 1 μg/ml for approximately 1 week after 67Ga administration. A procedure was developed to eliminate 67Ga interference with radioenzymatic assays of aminoglycoside antibiotics. After 67Ga citrate was spotted onto phosphocellulose filter disks, the filters were immersed in 7.2 N HCl, and radioactivity was removed by successive extractions of the acid phase with diisopropyl ether. After three extractions, less than 0.1% of the original radioactivity remained. Similar extraction of disks containing 14C-adenylylated gentamicin or tobramycin or 14C-acetylated amikacin had no effect on 14C radioactivity. The concentrations of aminoglycosides in serum standards supplemented with 67Ga citrate were determined accurately by radioenzymatic assays followed by extraction with diisopropyl ether. Concentrations of gentamicin in six serum samples from patients injected with 67Ga during gentamicin therapy, as determined by radioenzymatic assay and extraction, were within 9% of the results obtained by reassay of the same samples after the decay of 67Ga.
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