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Table 2 Daily antibiotic cost according to the pathogens.

From: Daily antibiotic cost of nosocomial infections in a Turkish university hospital

Pathogens

No.

Overall daily cost (US$)

Range of daily cost per pathogen (US$)

Median (US$)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

60

5567,06

17,98–204,74

100,04

Acinetobacter spp

36

4951,06

17,98–359,28

92,47

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

4

310,99

31,31–100,04

89,82

Klebsiella spp

37

3104,22

10,02–179,64

79,6

Enterobacter spp

10

961,79

60,42–139,08

77,28

Escherichia coli

23

1652,57

10,02–179,64

60,41

Proteus spp

3

49,04

13,24–49,04

49,04

Staphylococcus aureus

Methicillin-susceptible (MS)

6

476,22

10,02–142,2

74,52

Methicillin-resistance (MR)

15

1188,1

35,88–142,2

71,1

CoNS*

MS-CoNS

1

49,64

16,34–49,64

49,64

MR-CoNS

3

148,92

17,52–49,64

49,64

Enterococcus spp

16

1141,25

32,29–142,2

49,64

Candida spp

21

235,52

8,56–38,64

8,56

No pathogen identified

27

3166,75

10,02–359,28

114,6

  1. * Coagulase negative Staphylococcus