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Anti-infective therapy: Which Medications Are Safest? (188 Drugs Compared)

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188 medications are used for Anti-infective therapy, with 2,552 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Anti-infective therapy are CILASTATIN\IMIPENEM and LINEZOLID.

2,552
Total Reports
188
Drugs Used

All Medications for Anti-infective therapy Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
CILASTATIN\IMIPENEM - 556 643 1,798 13.2%
LINEZOLID Linezolid 305 2,952 7,491 16.4%
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM - 300 3,372 10,462 17.6%
MEROPENEM Meropenem 241 3,880 7,167 28.0%
TIGECYCLINE Tigecycline 216 872 1,283 26.9%
MOXIFLOXACIN Moxifloxacin Hydrochloride Tablets, 400 mg 197 1,623 4,167 11.4%
VANCOMYCIN Vancomycin Hydrochloride 138 5,348 15,776 15.8%
AZITHROMYCIN AZITHROMYCIN 133 1,405 5,983 8.0%
VORICONAZOLE Voriconazole 114 3,940 5,118 27.4%
CEFOPERAZONE\SULBACTAM - 106 131 367 16.4%
ERTAPENEM INVANZ 71 223 1,617 5.5%
FLUCONAZOLE Fluconazole 71 2,546 5,821 16.8%
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM - 70 5,777 19,426 14.9%
AVIBACTAM\CEFTAZIDIME - 64 567 515 34.3%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 61 2,747 13,832 6.8%
CEFTRIAXONE Ceftriaxone 55 2,926 9,596 15.1%
TEICOPLANIN - 36 408 1,157 19.8%
ACYCLOVIR Acyclovir 33 2,057 6,095 14.5%
CASPOFUNGIN CASPOFUNGIN ACETATE 32 1,419 1,638 37.2%
CEFTAZIDIME TAZICEF 27 696 1,503 22.0%

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