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. 2010 Oct 11;55(1):24–34. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00749-10

TABLE 3.

Isoniazid inhibitory sigmoid Emax curve in the hollow-fiber system, mice, and humans

Inhibitory sigmoid Emax model parameter Result in system
Mouse Hollow fiber Patient sputum
EC50 (AUC0-24/MIC) ratio 63 62 ± 28 a
Hill coefficient (slope) 1.0 0.9 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 0.4
Emax for EBAb (log10 CFU/ml per day) c 0.9 ± 0.2 0.6 ± 0.1
r2 0.83 0.97 0.95
a

Reported as mg/kg/day.

b

EBA, early bactericidal activity.

c

Calculated as 0.2 log10 CFU/g of mouse lung.