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Daily antibiotic costs according to the sites of nosocomial infections. |
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| Site of nosocomial infections |
Number of patients |
Range of daily cost per infected (US$) |
Mean (US$) |
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| 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 |
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