Table 3.
Parameters. When there is a range for a value, it is set randomly by the model.
| Parameter | Description | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | Size of grid (N × N) | 100 | (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004) |
| Nv | Number of blood vessels | 49 | (Cilfone et al., 2013) |
| (Micromoles/cell/hr) | Oxygen consumption rate of bacteria | (Sershen et al., 2016) | |
| (Micromoles/cell/hr) | Oxygen consumption rate of Mr | (Sershen et al., 2016) | |
| (Micromoles/cell/hr) | Oxygen consumption rate of Ma | (Sershen et al., 2016) | |
| (Micromoles/cell/hr) | Oxygen consumption rate of Mi | (Sershen et al., 2016) | |
| (Micromoles/cell/hr) | Oxygen consumption rate of Mci | (Sershen et al., 2016) | |
| (Micromoles/cell/hr) | Oxygen consumption rate of T cells | (Sershen et al., 2016) | |
| (Micromoles/cell/hr) | Antibiotic consumption rate of extracellular bacteria | (Pienaar et al., 2015) | |
| (Micromoles/cell/hr) | Antibiotic consumption rate of infected macrophages | (Pienaar et al., 2015) | |
| Repf (hours) | Replication rate of fast-growing bacteria | 15–32 | (Shorten et al., 2013) |
| Reps (hours) | Replication rate of slow-growing bacteria | 48–96 | (Hendon-Dunn et al., 2016) |
| Olow (%) | O2 threshold for fast → slow-growing bacteria | 6 | Estimated - see Section 4.1 |
| Ohigh (%) | O2 threshold for slow → fast-growing bacteria | 65 | Estimated - see Section 4.1 |
| Mrinit | Initial number of Mr in the domain | 105 | (Cilfone et al., 2013) |
| MrMa | Probability of Mr → Ma (multiplied by no. of T cells in neighbourhood) | 9 | (Cilfone et al., 2013) |
| Nici | Number of bacteria needed for Mi → Mci | 10 | (Cilfone et al., 2013) |
| Ncib | Number of bacteria needed for Mci to burst | 20 | (Cilfone et al., 2013) |
| Mlife (days) | Lifespan of Mr, Mi and Mci | 0–100 | (Van Furth et al., 1973) |
| Malife (days) | Lifespan of Ma | 10 | (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004) |
| tmoveMr (mins) | Time interval for Mr movement | 20 | (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004) |
| tmoveMa (hours) | Time interval for Ma movement | 7.8 | (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004) |
| tmoveMi (hours) | Time interval for Mi/Mci movement | 24 | (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004) |
| Mrrecr | Probability of Mr recruitment | 0.07 | (Cilfone et al., 2013) |
| Tenter | Bacteria needed for T cells to enter the system | 50 | (Cilfone et al., 2013) |
| Trecr | Probability of T cell recruitment | 0.02 | (Cilfone et al., 2013) |
| Tlife (days) | Lifespan of T cells | 0–3 | (Sprent, 1993) |
| Tkill | Probability of T cell killing Mi/Mci | 0.75 | (Cilfone et al., 2013) |
| tmoveT (mins) | Time interval for T cell movement | 10 | (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004) |
| tdrug (hours) | Time at which drug is administered | 168–2160 | (Asefa, Teshome, 2014, Osei, Akweongo, Binka, 2015) |
| DrugKillf (%) | Drug needed to kill fast-growing bacteria | 2 | (Hammond et al., 2015) |
| DrugKills (%) | Drug needed to kill slow-growing bacteria | 10 | (Hammond et al., 2015) |
| DrugKillMi (%) | Drug needed to kill intracellular bacteria | 20 | (Aljayyoussi et al., 2017) |