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. 2015 Dec 24;71(4):964–974. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv416

Table 1.

Parameter estimates of the final multistate tuberculosis pharmacometric model applied to cfu data from rifampicin log- and stationary-phase M. tuberculosis H37Rv cultures

Parameter Estimate RSE (%)
kFNa (days−1) 0.897 × 10−6 1.2
kSNa (days−1) 0.186 4.3
kSFa (days−1) 0.0145 4.9
kNSa (days−1) 0.123 × 10−2 2.7
kFSLina,b (days−2) 0.166 × 10−2 1.6
S0a (mL−1) 9770 2.4
kGa,c (days−1) 0.206 1
kGLoga (days−1) 0.102 12.5
F0a (mL−1) 4.1 2.9
F0Loga (mL−1) 674 × 103 39.2
Bmaxa (mL−1) 242 × 106 4.5
BmaxStationarya (mL−1) 1410 × 106 0.8
FGk (L·mg−1) 0.017 11.1
FDEmax (days−1) 2.15 4.5
FDEC50 (mg·L−1) 0.52 9.8
SDEmax (days−1) 1.56 4.7
SDEC50 (mg·L−1) 13.4 10.4
NDk (L·mg−1·days−1) 0.24 12.6
ωFa (%) 473.3 5.9
Proportional residual error (%) 63.8 7.8

kFN, first-order transfer rate between fast- and non-multiplying state; kSN, first-order transfer rate between slow- and non-multiplying state; kSF first-order transfer rate between slow- and fast-multiplying state; kNS, first-order transfer rate between non- and slow-multiplying state, S0 initial slow-multiplying state bacterial number; kG, growth rate of the fast multiplying state bacteria; kGLog,growth rate of the fast-multiplying state bacteria in experiments with rifampicin log phase cultures; F0 initial fast-multiplying state bacterial number; F0Log,initial fast-multiplying state bacterial number in experiments with rifampicin log phase cultures; Bmax, system carrying capacity; BmaxStationary, system carrying capacity in experiments with rifampicin stationary phase cultures; FGk, linear drug-induced inhibition of fast-multiplying state growth; FDEmax, maximum achievable drug-induced fast-multiplying state kill rate; FDEC50, concentration at 50% of FDEmax; SDEmax, maximum achievable drug-induced slow-multiplying state kill rate; SDEC50, concentration at 50% of SDEmax; NDk, non-multiplying state kill rate; ωF, variability in F0 expressed as coefficient of variation; RSE, relative standard error reported on the approximate standard deviation scale.

aFixed during drug evaluation.

bkFS=kFSLin.

cgrowth=FkGlog(Bmax/F+S+N).