Table 3.
Antimicrobial agents | Number of prescriptions | Daily cost per infected (US$) | |
Min | Max | ||
Betalactams | |||
Ampicillin-sulbactam | 20 | 23,92 | 71,76 |
Piperacillin-tazobactam | 48 | 85,95 | 114,6 |
Ticarcillin-clavulanate | 4 | 14,9 | 22,35 |
Carbapenems | |||
Imipenem | 31 | 100,04 | 150,06 |
Meropenem | 23 | 179,64 | 359,28 |
Cephalosporins | |||
Cefepime | 26 | 38,64 | 77,28 |
Ceftazidime | 18 | 35,82 | 71,64 |
Cefoperazone-sulbactam | 16 | 40,28 | 80,56 |
Cefazoline | 10 | 10,02 | 20,04 |
Ceftriaxone | 3 | 19,7 | 39,4 |
Aminoglycosides* | |||
Amikacin | 52 | - | 7,96 |
Netilmicin | 21 | - | 24,48 |
Tobramycin | 3 | - | 18,56 |
Fluoroquinolones | |||
Ciprofloxacin | 18 | 49,04 | 98,08 |
Ofloxacin | 2 | 25,74 | 51,48 |
Levofloxacin | 1 | 41,07 | 82,14 |
Glycopeptides | |||
Vancomycin | 13 | 49,64 | 87,27 |
Teicoplanin | 12 | 71,1 | 142,2 |
Other antibiotics | |||
Clarithromycin | 4 | 11,57 | 23,14 |
Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole | 2 | 4,48 | 8,96 |
Metronidazole | 2 | 5,51 | 10,04 |
Antifungal agents | |||
Fluconazole | 21 | 8,56 | 34,24 |
Total | 350 | 8,56 | 359,28 |
* dosage given as once-daily.