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The standard method for measuringin vitro antibiotic efficacy is based on a point observation of bacterial activity 18 hours after inoculation. The method, while simple, forgoes significant information by ignoring the dynamics of the interations between antibiotic and bacteria. This paper proposes a simple dynamic model describing these interactions. The model consists of two non-linear differential equations of the S-system type. Its parameter values are estimated, through the minimization of residual errors, from data on the effect of the carbapenem antibiotic imipenem onPseudomonas aeruginosa. The model adequately describes the dynamic behavior of the bacterial populations in the presence of the antibiotic: beginning with drug administration, then through the decline of the bacterial population and possibly ending with bacterial resurgence.
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Berg, P.H., Voit, E.O. & White, R.L. A pharmacodynamic model for the action of the antibiotic imipenem onPseudomonas aeruginosa populationsin vitro . Bltn Mathcal Biology 58, 923–938 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459490
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