Workshop PK/PD of antibiotics

Target
Audience u p to 30 physicians, pharmacists, clinical microbiologists, biomedical scientists
or trainees with an interest in microbiology and pharmacology

Workshop objectives

• Understanding the role of PK/PD in setting MIC breakpoints and associated antibiotic dosages
• Code a published population PK model into Pmetrics R package
• Run Monte Carlo simulations with Pmetrics and analyze results for various dosage regimens
• Perform probability of target attainment ( analysis with Pmetrics
• Identifying PK/PD breakpoints and associated standard and high dosages
• Assessing drug related and patient related factors influencing PTA and antibiotic dosages