Table 1

Daily antibiotic costs according to the sites of nosocomial infections.

Site of nosocomial infections
Number of patients
Range of daily cost per infected (US$)
Mean (US$)

Pneumonia
111
10,02–250,74
99,02
Bloodstream infections
28
31,31–359,28
94,32
Surgical site infections
11
17,12–204,74
94,31
Urinary tract infections
66
8,56–228,68
52,37

Inan et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2005 5:5   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-5-5