Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

Table 7 Cumulative cost per SU and per antibiotic course by drug class (US$)

From: Enumerating the economic cost of antimicrobial resistance per antibiotic consumed to inform the evaluation of interventions affecting their use

		Quinolones	Cephalosporin	Glycopeptides	BSP^a	NSP^a	Carbapenem	Aminoglycoside	Macrolide
Thailand	per SU	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.1
Thailand	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
US	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

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