Firsov A A, Chernykh V M, Fomina I P
Antibiot Med Biotekhnol. 1987 Feb;32(2):122-9.
Alternative variants of the available methods for estimating the antimicrobial effect kinetics in the in vitro dynamic systems were analyzed. For defining and analyzing the concentration-effect relations in the in vitro dynamic systems it was recommended that two integral parameters characterizing the antimicrobial effect duration (TE) and intensity (IE) irrespective of the recording means be used. TE is defined by the time from the moment of antibiotic administration into the dynamic system till the moment when the count of the microorganisms reaches again its initial level. IE is defined by the area between the curves of the microbial growth kinetics in the presence and absence of an antibiotic. The possible application of TE and IE is exemplified by relation between the sisomicin antimicrobial effect on P. aeruginosa 58, E. coli 93 and K. pneumoniae 5056 and the antibiotic concentration under conditions of sisomicin pharmacokinetic profiles reproduction after intramuscular administration within the levels of the therapeutic doses with an account of individual variability of the aminoglycoside concentration in the blood of humans.