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. 2015 Aug 14;59(9):5602–5610. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00752-15

TABLE 2.

Parameter estimates from the mathematical model used for range-finding studies for suppression of emergence of fosfomycin-resistant mutants

Parametera Dosage (total dose/day)
4 g/q8h (12 g) 5 g/q8h (15 g) 6 g/q8h (18 g) 8 g/q8h (24 g) 24 g/q24h (24 g)
V (liters) 36.01 37.57 37.82 39.20 39.36
SCL (liters/h) 5.54 5.47 6.16 6.11 6.07
KgMAX-S (CFU/ml/h) 5 5 4.43 3.46 2.7
KgMAX-R (CFU/ml/h) 1.17 1.161 1.15 2.04 0.7
KkMAX-S (CFU/ml/h) 7.21 7.14 8.3 3.81 4.31
KkMAX-R (CFU/ml/h) 0.97 0.97 0.94 3.38 1.38
C50k-S (mg/liter) 41.09 51.02 56.1 1.01 46.01
C50k-R (mg/liter) 5 5 5.02 5.54 41.94
Hk-S 12.43 13.36 1.33 13.4 5.07
Hk-R 17.9 17.83 19.04 17.61 0.5
POPMAX (CFU/ml) 1.72 × 1010 7.94 ×109 1.43 ×1010 3 ×109 3 ×1010
INITCOND_2 (CFU/ml) 5.76 ×106 5.54 ×106 1 ×106 1 ×106 1.48 ×106
INITCOND_3 (CFU/ml) 1.69 ×102 1.69 ×102 1.69 ×102 1.73 ×102 4.71 ×102
a

SCL is the fosfomycin clearance. INITCOND_2 and INITCOND_3 are the initial conditions for the total and resistant bacterial populations, respectively. Other parameter abbreviations can be found in the text.