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Bacteraemia: Which Medications Are Safest? (169 Drugs Compared)

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169 medications are used for Bacteraemia, with 2,059 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Bacteraemia are VANCOMYCIN and DAPTOMYCIN.

2,059
Total Reports
169
Drugs Used

All Medications for Bacteraemia Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
VANCOMYCIN Vancomycin Hydrochloride 471 5,348 15,776 15.8%
DAPTOMYCIN daptomycin 380 1,137 4,371 12.6%
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM - 232 3,372 10,462 17.6%
MEROPENEM Meropenem 205 3,880 7,167 28.0%
CEFTRIAXONE Ceftriaxone 141 2,926 9,596 15.1%
LINEZOLID Linezolid 136 2,952 7,491 16.4%
CEFEPIME Cefepime 114 997 3,055 18.0%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 104 2,747 13,832 6.8%
AMOXICILLIN Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium 89 1,212 11,721 4.0%
CIPROFLOXACIN Ciprofloxacin 88 2,671 13,894 6.1%
ERTAPENEM INVANZ 76 223 1,617 5.5%
GENTAMICIN Gentamicin 71 947 2,865 14.4%
CEFAZOLIN Cefazolin 68 345 2,331 6.7%
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM - 67 5,777 19,426 14.9%
AMIKACIN ARIKAYCE 64 2,114 4,686 18.7%
CEFIDEROCOL Fetroja 50 359 134 55.3%
METRONIDAZOLE metronidazole 49 2,188 7,909 9.7%
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANATE - 46 998 6,376 6.5%
CLINDAMYCIN XACIATO 44 986 5,320 5.8%
CEFTAROLINE FOSAMIL Teflaro 42 177 258 22.4%

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