Table 7.

Acquisition cost of therapy for tigecycline and selected comparators

	Cost ($) of therapy
Drug/dose	1 day	7 days	10 days
Metronidazole 500 mg IV every 6 h	6.24	43.68	62.40
Vancomycin 1g IV every 12 h	10.18	71.26	101.80
Levofloxacin 500 mg IV every 24 h	15.57	108.99	155.70
Levofloxacin 750 mg IV every 24 h	17.30	121.10	173.00
Ertapenem 1 g IV every 24 h	40.84	285.88	408.40
Ampicillin/sulbactam 3 g IV every 6 h	43.40	303.80	434.00
Piperacillin/tazobactam 3.375 g IV every 6 h	54.12	378.84	541.12
Imipenem/cilastatin 500 mg IV every 6 h	77.08	539.56	770.80
Aztreonam 2 g IV every 12 h	81.42	569.94	814.20
Tigecycline 100 mg, then 50 mg IV every 12 h	84.85	636.37∗	890.92∗
Linezolid 600 mg PO every 12 h	100.28	701.96	1002.80
Linezolid 600 mg IV every 12 h	133.02	931.14	1330.20
Daptomycin 4 mg/kg IV every 24 h	138.71	970.97	1387.10

∗Includes cost of loading dose.

IV indicates intravenously; PO, orally.