“…Solid-phase extraction, as used by Greene et al (1987), was replaced by a less timeconsuming method of sample preparation. The LLOQ found in plasma conforms to other LLOQs reported for vancomycin in bioanalytical assays using HPLC with UV detection (Farin et al, 1998;Furuta et al, 2000) or was even lower (Li et al, 1995;Greene et al, 1987;Backes et al, 1998;Demotes-Mainard et al, 1994;Hu et al, 1990;Luksa and Marusic, 1995). More sensitive methods have been reported using tandem mass spectrometry for detection (Cass et al, 2001;Shibata et al, 2003).…”