Table 2.
Parameter | Description | Value | References |
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Growth rate of sensitive bacteria | 0.8 day−1 | Mondragón et al. (2014) | |
Growth rate of resistant bacteria | 0.4–0.1 day−1 | Mondragón et al. (2014)-hypothesis | |
Growth rate of immune cells | 0.6 day−1 | Pugliese and Gandolfi (2008) | |
Rate of bacteria destroyed by immune cells | 0.3 day−1 | Pugliese and Gandolfi (2008) | |
Rate to the amount of present bacteria of carrying capacity of immune cells | 1 | Hypothesis | |
Carrying capacity of bacteria | 109 bacteria | Alavez et al. (2006) | |
Mutation rate of INH | 10−6 mut×gen | Coll (2009) | |
Mutation rate of PZA | 0 | Mondragón et al. (2014) | |
Elimination rate of sensitive bacteria due INH | 0.0039 day−1 | Zhang (2009) | |
Elimination rate of sensitive bacteria due PZA | 0.0001625 day−1 | Alavez et al. (2006) | |
Daily dose of INH | 5 mg/kg/day | Coll (2009) | |
Daily dose of ZPA | 35–20 mg/kg/day | Coll (2009) | |
Uptake rate of INH | 0.06 day−1 | Esteva et al. (2011) | |
Uptake rate of PZA | 0.03 day−1 | Esteva et al. (2011) |
Datas are deduced from the literature
The values obtained from this table are that (i) in the first case, , and so, is LAS. (ii) in the second case, , and so, is LAS
Among the treatment regimen recommended by WHO includes isoniazid (INH) and pyrazinamide (PZA) for some bacterial infectious (such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Coll 2009)