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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 3.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2012 May 13;40(1):51–54. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.03.006

Table 2.

Estimated pharmacokinetic parameters

Parameter Mean ± standard deviation
Total plasma Free plasma Adipose tissue Muscle
Cmax (mg/L) 5.4 ± 1.5 0.69 ± 0.20 0.66 ± 0.16 0.74 ± 0.15
Tmax(h) 2.4 ± 1.1 N/D 4.3 ± 2.4 3.7 ± 1.5
T1/2 (h)a 8.1 (5.9–12.8) N/D 9.2 (5.9–85.9) 9.6 (6.2–48.2)
AUC0–12h (mg h/L) 38.8 ± 7.5 4.9 ± 1.1 5.3 ± 1.3 5.9 ± 1.1
AUC0–24h (mg h/L) 57.1 ± 14.7 7.3 ± 1.9 N/A N/A
CL/F (L/hr) 9.5 ± 2.9 N/D N/D N/D
Vz/F (L) 113.3 ± 19.3 N/D N/D N/D
fAUCtissue/fAUCplasma 1.1 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.2

Cmax, maximum concentration; Tmax, time to Cmax; T1/2, terminal half-life; AUC, area under the concentration–time curve over the specified time interval; CL/F, apparent oral clearance; Vz/F, apparent volume of distribution; fAUCtissue/fAUCplasma, ratio of AUC0–12h between specified matrices; N/D, not determined; N/A, not available.

a

T1/2 is shown as median (range).