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. 2013 Apr;57(4):1730–1735. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01224-12

Table 3.

Statistical summary of the individual fitted population PD parameters and calculated targets associated with static and 2-log bacterial reduction by species (n ≥ 3)

Species and type of value Emax EC50 (mg/liter) H %fT>MIC (%) associated with:
Stasis 2-log reductiona
E. coli (n = 3)
    Minimum 4.36 31.9 2.33 27.1 42.7
    Maximum 5.50 53.1 3.84 54.4 152
    Median 5.47 34.4 3.77 28.4 52.2
    Mean 5.13 39.8 3.31 36.6 82.3
    CV% 13.0 29.1 25.7 42.0 73.6
K. pneumoniae (n = 4)
    Minimum 4.60 37.5 1.38 31.6 55.2
    Maximum 5.34 49.3 3.90 47.7 108
    Median 5.00 41.9 3.26 36.0 83.6
    Mean 4.98 42.6 2.95 37.8 82.6
    CV% 6.10 12.0 38.0 18.6 32.4
S. aureus (n = 3)
    Minimum 5.27 25.3 2.38 21.2 30.3
    Maximum 5.94 39.0 5.66 33.1 66.9
    Median 5.49 27.6 3.92 25.1 33.0
    Mean 5.57 30.6 4.00 26.5 43.4
    CV% 6.10 23.9 41.2 22.9 47.0
S. pneumoniae (n = 7)
    Minimum 5.97 16.9 0.670 5.23 16.1
    Maximum 9.15 30.9 2.37 22.3 44.3
    Median 7.49 22.8 1.86 12.9 26.3
    Mean 7.29 24.3 1.70 14.0 29.8
    CV% 14.4 20.9 32.9 45.4 34.7
a

Reduction in bacterial burden (representative of bactericidal activity).