TABLE 3.

Antimicrobial rank system used for antibiotic intensity scoring (at 96 h of therapy)

Antimicrobial or antifungal	Rank (score)
Antimicrobial
Antipseudomonal carbapenems	5
Antipseudomonal penicillin-penicillinase combinations, aztreonam, ceftazidime, ertapenem	4
Aminoglycosides, intravenous fluoroquinolones	3
Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, ampicillin-sulbactam, 2nd-generation cephalosporins, 3rd-generation cephalosporins (except ceftazidime), oral fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, daptomycin, linezolid, vancomycin	2
Amoxicillin, ampicillin, 1st-generation cephalosporins, clindamycin, macrolides, metronidazole, nafcillin, penicillin, rifampin	1
None	0
Antifungal
Amphotericin B	3
Micafungin	2
Fluconazole	1
None	0