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. 2019 Nov 29;10:2777. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02777

Table 3.

Summary of the coverage of various dosage regimens for the pathogen isolates with MICs of ≥16 mg/L at the condition of achieving ≥90% PTA and/or the targeted pathogen population with pooled MIC distributions between 16 and 512 mg/L at the condition of achieving ≥90% CFR in different types of infection.

Dosing models Dosage regimen Covered pathogen isolates and/or populations in various types of the infection at different PD targets
50% fT > MIC 50% fT > 2 × MIC 50% fT > 5 × MIC
Mainly for bacterial peritonitis or intraabdominal
infections, bloodstream infections, skin and
soft tissue infections, or urinary tract infections
Mainly for bacterial hepatitis, metritis,
oophoritis, proctitis, or prostatitis, etc.
Mainly for LRTIs, such as
pneumonia, bronchitis, or
pleural infections
0.5 g q 8 h 0.5 g (4 h) NA NA NA
0.5 g (5 h) NA NA NA
0.5 g (6 h) NA NA NA
0.25 g (5-min IVB) + 0.25 g (4 h) NA NA NA
0.25 g (5-min IVB) + 0.25 g (5 h) P16+(AS, SM) NA NA
0.25 g (5-min IVB) + 0.25 g (6 h) P16+(AS, SE, SM) NA NA
1 g q 8 h 1 g (4 h) NA NA NA
1 g (5 h) NA NA NA
1 g (6 h) NA NA NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 0.5 g (4 h) P16+(AS, SM) NA NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 0.5 g (5 h) P32+(AS, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(SE, SM) NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 0.5 g (6 h) P32+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, SE, SM) NA
2 g q 8 h 2 g (4 h) NA NA NA
2 g (5 h) NA NA NA
2 g (6 h) NA NA NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 1.5 g (4 h) P32+(AS, SE, SM) P16+(AS, SM) NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 1.5 g (5 h) P32+(AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, SE, SM) NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 1.5 g (6 h) P64+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P32+(AS, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, SM)
1 g (5-min IVB) + 1 g (4 h) P32+(AS, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, SM) NA
1 g (5-min IVB) + 1 g (5 h) P64+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P32+(AS, PA, SE, SHA, SM) NA
1 g (5-min IVB) + 1 g (6 h) P64+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P32+(AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, SE, SM)
1.5 g (5-min IVB) + 0.5 g (4 h) P32+(AS, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, SE, SM) NA
1.5 g (5-min IVB) + 0.5 g (5 h) P64+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P32+(AS, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P32+(AS, PA, SE, SHA, SM)
1.5 g (5-min IVB) + 0.5 g (6 h) P128+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P64+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, SE, SM)
0.75 g q 6 h 0.75 g (4 h) NA NA NA
0.75 g (5 h) NA NA NA
0.75 g (6 h) NA NA NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 0.25 g (4 h) P32+(AS, SE, SM) P16+(AS, SM) NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 0.25 g (5 h) P32+(AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, SE, SM) NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 0.25 g (6 h) P64+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P64+(AS, PA, SE, SHA, SM) NA
1.5 g q 6 h 1.5 g (4 h) NA NA NA
1.5 g (5 h) NA NA NA
1.5 g (6 h) NA NA NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 1 g (4 h) P32+(AS, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, SE, SM) NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 1 g (5 h) P64+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P32+(AS, PA, SE, SHA, SM) NA
0.5 g (5-min IVB) + 1 g (6 h) P64+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P32+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, SE, SM)
1 g (5-min IVB) + 0.5 g (4 h) P64+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P32+(AS, SE, SM) NA
1 g (5-min IVB) + 0.5 g (5 h) P64+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P32+(AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, SE, SM)
1 g (5-min IVB) + 0.5 g (6 h) P128+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P64+(AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM) P16+(AS, PA, SE, SM)

AB, Acinetobacter baumannii; AS, Acinetobacter spp.; EFS, Enterococcus faecalis; EFM, Enterococcus faecium; PA, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; SE, Staphylococcus epidermidis; SHA, Staphylococcus haemolyticus; SM, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

NA, not applicable.

P16, P32, P64, P128 signify the pathogen isolates with MICs of 16, 32, 64, and 128 mg/L, respectively.

Regimens with Px (x = 16, 32, 64 or 128) + (y) (y = AB, AS, EFM, PA, SE, SHA, SM, or a combination) signify that they are competent for the treatment of infections caused by the pathogen isolates actually found at that MIC if the exact MIC values are available and/or for the treatment of infections caused by the targeted pathogen population identified with only bacterial species if the exact MIC values are unavailable.