Personalized Medicine for Antibiotics: The Role of Nanobiosensors in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Autor: Vivian Garzón, Rosa-Helena Bustos, Daniel G Pinacho
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Personalized Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 147, p 147 (2020)
Journal of Personalized Medicine
ISSN: 2075-4426
DOI: 10.3390/jpm10040147
Popis: Due to the high bacterial resistance to antibiotics (AB), it has become necessary to adjust the dose aimed at personalized medicine by means of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). TDM is a fundamental tool for measuring the concentration of drugs that have a limited or highly toxic dose in different body fluids, such as blood, plasma, serum, and urine, among others. Using different techniques that allow for the pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) analysis of the drug, TDM can reduce the risks inherent in treatment. Among these techniques, nanotechnology focused on biosensors, which are relevant due to their versatility, sensitivity, specificity, and low cost. They provide results in real time, using an element for biological recognition coupled to a signal transducer. This review describes recent advances in the quantification of AB using biosensors with a focus on TDM as a fundamental aspect of personalized medicine.
Databáze: OpenAIRE