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Table 8 Range of economic costs per full course of antibiotics using outputs from the sensitivity analysis (US$)

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

 

Thailand

United States

Antibiotic (Drug class)

Cost per SU

Cost per full course

Cost per SU

Cost per full course

Levofloxacin (Quinolone)

0.2–2.1

5.5–60.0

0.1–1.8

2.1–51.2

Ceftriaxone (Cephalosporin)

0.2–2.1

2.7–30.0

0.1–1.8

1.0–25.6

Vancomycin (Glycopeptide)

0.2–2.0

10.4–109.4

0.0–0.5

1.1–25.5

Co-amoxiclav (BSP)

0.2–2.1

2.9–32.2

0.1–1.8

1.1–27.4

Phenoxymethylpenicillin (NSP)

0.0–0.2

0.4–7.6

0.1–1.4

2.2–54.9

Meropenem (Carbapenem)

0.2–1.9

3.9–40.1

0.0–0.4

0.4–7.6

Amikacin (Aminoglycoside)

0.2–2.0

3.7–39.1

0.0–0.5

0.4–9.1

Azithromycin (Macrolide)

0.0–0.3

0.0–0.8

0.1–1.7

0.2–5.0