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. 2012 May;56(5):2683–2690. doi: 10.1128/AAC.06486-11

Table 3.

PK/PD model parameter estimates for prediction of viable counts for AUC/MIC, MBIC index for colistin, and TMIC and TMBIC for imipenem against P. aeruginosa PAO1 in the lung infection model of neutropenic mice

Antibiotic and cell type (parameter) Emax (log10 no. of CFU/lung) E0 (log10 no. of CFU/lung) EC50 γ
Colistina
    Planktonic (AUC/MIC) −4.4 (28)b 6.2 (2.8) 3,840 (17) 4.1 (57)
    Biofilm (AUC/MIC) −2.2 (61) 8.3 (1.7) >18,420 1.7 (60)
    Biofilm (AUC/MBIC) −2.2 (61) 8.3 (1.7) >9,180 1.7 (42)
Imipenemc
    Planktonic (TMIC) −6.6 (0.3) 8.6 (0.1) 3.4 (0.3) 2 (0.5)
    Biofilm (TMIC) −6.6 (0.3) 9 (0.1) 4.6 (0.2) 1.2 (0.9)
    Biofilm (TMBIC) −6.8 (0.2) 9 (0.1) 2.4 (0.1) 2 (0.2)
a

AUC, mg · min/liter.

b

Data in parentheses are percent relative standard error.

c

In hours.