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. 2018 Feb 23;62(3):e01965-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01965-17

TABLE 2.

Estimated PD parameters from the 2-subpopulation model based on in vivo time-kill data

Parameter Abbreviation ATCC 27853
PAO1
FADDI-PA022
Estimated value SE (%) Estimated value SE (%) Estimated value SE (%)
Colistin concn causing 50% Emax for susceptible subpopulation (mg/liter) EC50S 1 Fixed 1 Fixed 1 Fixed
Colistin concn causing 50% Emax for resistant-subpopulation (mg/liter) EC50R 51.6 8.99 187 4.57 229 11.2
Maximum colistin-induced killing rate constant (1/h) Emax,colistin 5.56 43.2 23.2 3.72 38.9 18.5
Natural bacterial death rate (1/h) Kd 0.3 Fixed 0.3 Fixed 0.3 Fixed
Bacterial density at which growth rate is half maximal (CFU/lung) Log10 CFUm 8.98 0.386 9.38 0.278 9.30 0.539
Maximum bacterial population (CFU/lung) Log10 CFUmax 9.33 Fixed 9.65 Fixed 9.56 Fixed
Hill coefficient for bacterial killing Log10 Hill 1.3 Fixed 1.3 Fixed 1.3 Fixed
Log10 initial inoculum for total bacterial population (CFU/lung) Log10 CFU0 4.18 Fixed 6.29 Fixed 7.09 Fixed
Log10 initial inoculum for CFURa Log10 (initial inoculum for CFUR) −1.16 45.1 −1.75 16.9 −1.07 28.3
a

CFUR, bacterial density for resistant subpopulation.