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. 2014 Oct 7;3(2):257–268. doi: 10.1007/s40121-014-0044-8

Table 1.

First-line treatment resource use according to expert panel

Resource usagea Mean values reported by the expert panel
DAPTO LINE TEICO TIGE VANCO
No. of days of treatmentb 9.8 9.2 11.5 11.7 11.8
No. of days in hospitalc 10.3 9.2 14.0 13.0 12.5
No of days IV 9.8 6.7 12 11.7 11.8
Average daily dose (mg)d 458 1,200 500 133 2,000
IV doses per day 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
No. of days oral 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oral doses per day 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Additional no. of days in hospital due to AE 5 5 5 5 5
Additional no. of days in hospital due to treatment failure 7 7 7 7 7

AE adverse events, DAPTO daptomycin, IV intravenous, LINE linezolid, TEICO teicoplanin, TIGE tigecycline, VANCO vancomycin

aValues are calculated as means of expert panel feedback

bExcluding the treatment time prior to cultivation results

cTime from hospital admission to discharge

dEstimated for a ‘typical’ 75 kg patient