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. 2012 May;56(5):2435–2442. doi: 10.1128/AAC.06369-11

Table 2.

Means, medians, and standard deviations for pharmacokinetic parameters

Parametera Anidulafungin
Caspofungin
Micafungin
Mean Median SD Mean Median SD Mean Median SD
ka (h−1) 4.73 3.14 4.4 10.56 9.15 8.47 11.3 7.04 9.31
SCL (liter/h) 0.0005 0.0005 0.00009 0.0002 0.0001 0.0001 0.0008 0.0008 0.0001
Vc (liter) 0.004 0.003 0.0016 0.002 0.003 0.001 0.0065 0.0036 0.01
kck (h−1) 12.62 12.04 5.23 24.93 26.32 9.6 33.07 31.72 6.77
kkc (h−1) 8.2 8.55 2.37 23.91 32.82 12.55 25.9 24.66 3.99
kcp (h−1) 20.59 22.32 7.46 26.63 33 13.98 8.12 5.78 6.38
kpc (h−1) 17.76 15.58 6.49 28.44 29.41 7.53 18.43 11.9 9.82
Vkidney (liter) 0.004 0.004 0.0007 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.004 0.004 0.001
a

SCL is the clearance (liter/h); Vc and Vkidney are the volumes of central compartment and kidney, respectively (liters); ka, kcp, kpc, kck, and kkc are the first-order rate constants that connect the respective compartments.