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. 2018 Aug 9;7:98. doi: 10.1186/s13756-018-0384-3

Table 7.

Cumulative cost per SU and per antibiotic course by drug class (US$)

Quinolones Cephalosporin Glycopeptides BSPa NSPa Carbapenem Aminoglycoside Macrolide
Thailand per SU 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.1
per course 19.5 9.7 35.1 10.4 2.8 12.8 12.5 0.3
US per SU 0.62 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.6
per course 17.4 8.7 8.7 9.3 18.6 2.7 3.1 1.7

a BSP Broad spectrum penicillin, NSP Narrow spectrum penicillin