“…4, A-C, and Table 1, respectively. For patients receiving standard clinical doses of RIF (600 mg), SUL (200 mg), and PIO (45 mg), the reported pharmacokinetic parameters were 8500 ng/ml (C max ) and 28,100 ng ⅐ h Ϫ1 ⅐ ml Ϫ1 (AUC 0-ϱ ) for RIF (Polk et al, 2001); 19,500 ng/ml (C max ) and 79,600 ng ⅐ h Ϫ1 ⅐ ml Ϫ1 (AUC 0-ϱ ) for SUL (Bradbrook et al, 1982); and 1300 to 1600 ng/ml (C max ) and 14,600 to 17,400 ng ⅐ h Ϫ1 ⅐ ml Ϫ1 (AUC 0-ϱ ) for PIO (Budde et al, 2003). On the basis of these data, we estimated that doses of 3 to 10 mg/kg RIF, 2 to 10 mg/kg SUL, and 2 mg/kg PIO resulted in exposure in mice similar to that in humans receiving a standard dose of these drugs.…”