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. 2018 Nov 26;62(12):e01682-18. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01682-18

TABLE 1.

Parameter estimates for all parameters for the combination of meropenem plus fosfomycin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Parametera Mean Median SD
VMero (liter) 17.7 18.2 0.827
VFos (liter) 27.7 28.0 1.87
CLMero (liter/h) 11.5 11.8 0.736
CLFos (liter/h) 6.84 7.02 0.524
Kg-s (h−1) 0.229 0.134 0.221
Kkill-s (h−1) 8.44 9.92 2.25
E50-Mero-s (mg/liter) 359 258 336
E50-Fos-s (mg/liter) 5,085 2,585 5,775
αs 8.67 9.87 2.34
Kg-Mero-r (h−1) 0.174 0.0474 0.267
Kkill-Mero-r (h−1) 8.82 8.64 0.803
E50-Mero-r (mg/liter) 1,834 279 2,467
αmero-r 8.35 9.73 1.96
Kg-Fos-r (h−1) 0.168 0.0591 0.207
Kkill-Fos-r (h−1) 8.35 8.65 1.53
E50-Fos-r (mg/liter) 3,608 3,379 1,101
αFos-r 8.44 9.1 1.17
HMero-s 3.05 2.05 1.55
HFos-s 2.55 1.97 0.885
HMero-r 2.19 1.35 1.30
HFos-r 1.54 1.24 0.658
a

V, volume of the central compartment; CL, drug clearances; Kg, growth rate constant for organisms; Kkill, kill rate constants for a subpopulation; E50, drug concentration at which the kill rate is half maximal; α, drug interaction constant; H, Hill’s constant for a subpopulation; Fos, fosfomycin; Mero, meropenem; s, susceptible; r, resistant.