Table 3.

Resource costs^a

Inputb	U	U cost (€)
L-AMB	50-mg i.v vial	130.61
Caspofungin	70-mg i.v vial	570.81
	50-mg i.v. vial	448.76
Voriconazole	200-mg i.v. vial	133.32
	200-mg oral tablet	35.67
Fluconazole	400-mg i.v vial	11.12
Chest X-ray	One test	9.19
Thoracic CT scan	One test	82.71
Blood biochemistry test	One test	2.28
Complete blood count	One test	1.4
Blood culture	One test (two cultures)	9.85
Sputum culture	One test	14.87
Urine culture	One test	5.44
Stool culture	One test	5.44
Aspergillus GM serum antigen test	One test	35.59
Hospitalization	Inpatient per day	401.30

^aAntifungal costs were extracted from the drug wholesale prices paid by Spanish public hospitals in 2011 (Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad [http://www.msc.es/profesionales/farmacia/nomenclatorDI.htm]); hospital stay and consumed resource costs were obtained from the Control and Management System of the Andalusian Health Service, 2010-2011 (ServicioAndaluz de Salud-COAN [http://www.sas.junta-andalucia.es/principal/documentosAcc.asp?pagina=pr_coan&file=/contenidos/gestioncalidad/coan\manuales.htm]). All costs were adjusted in euros (€) for the year 2011.

^bL-AMB, liposomal amphotericin B; CT scan, computed tomography scan; GM, galactomannan.