Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in real-time: a need for the present future

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) represents a real need for the present days. There is a huge amount of discussion around personalised medicine and probably this is very relevant in determining the right concentration of antibiotics in some populations. Patients with the most severe spectrum of infections, sepsis and septic shock, currently have wide variations on antibiotic concentrations. This is paramount in order to adequately treat patients with severe infection. In this editorial piece, we propose tools that help to cover the need of minimally invasive monitor of antibiotic concentrations.