Table 5: Percentage of steady-state serum piperacillin concentrations above the minimum inhibitory concentration for various minimum inhibitory concentrations at certain concentrations above the minimum inhibitory concentration.

Css/MIC MIC μg/mL
2 4 8 16 32 64
2x MIC 100% 100% 96% 82% 29% 11%
3x MIC 100% 100% 93% 46% 11% 7%
4x MIC 100% 96% 79% 14% 11% 0%
5x MIC 100% 93% 46% 11% 7% 0%