|
Histoplasma antigen testing |
$5·40 |
[16] |
|
Histoplasma microscopy and fungal culture |
$56·19 |
Micro-costing (see Methods) |
| Itraconazole 100 mg tablet |
$0·28 |
Micro-costing (see Methods) |
| Itraconazole 200 mg twice daily x 14 days |
$15·68 |
|
| Amphotericin deoxycholate 50 mg |
$12·84 |
[16] |
| Amphotericin 1mg/kg daily x 14 days |
$179·76 |
Assumes a 50 kg patient |
|
Hospitalization (21 days)
|
|
|
| Total 14-day treatment course: Amphotericin + Itraconazole |
$195·41 |
See above |
| Hospital stay |
$1,386·77 |
[31] |
| Laboratory testing |
$62·25 |
Micro-costing (see Methods) |
| Hospital supplies |
$237·38 |
Micro-costing (see Methods) |
| Chest x-ray |
$11·38 |
Micro-costing (see Methods) |
| Personnel |
$27·50 |
Micro-costing (see Methods) |
| Total cost of hospitalization
|
$1,920·68 |
|
| Post hospitalization itraconazole |
$380·80 |
11.5 months of itraconazole |
| Outpatient management of histoplasmosis |
35·06 |
30-day costs include laboratory monitoring, chest x-ray, clinic personnel. Excludes itraconazole. Micro-costing (see Methods) |
