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Skin infection: Which Medications Are Safest? (197 Drugs Compared)

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197 medications are used for Skin infection, with 1,435 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Skin infection are LINEZOLID and CLARITHROMYCIN.

1,435
Total Reports
197
Drugs Used

All Medications for Skin infection Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
LINEZOLID Linezolid 106 2,952 7,491 16.4%
CLARITHROMYCIN Clarithromycin 105 987 6,385 5.2%
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM - 96 5,777 19,426 14.9%
CLINDAMYCIN XACIATO 94 986 5,320 5.8%
OMADACYCLINE NUZYRA 69 79 231 7.3%
VANCOMYCIN Vancomycin Hydrochloride 67 5,348 15,776 15.8%
CIPROFLOXACIN Ciprofloxacin 63 2,671 13,894 6.1%
CEPHALEXIN Cephalexin 57 295 1,832 3.7%
DOXYCYCLINE Doxycycline 53 1,653 5,618 9.3%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 53 2,747 13,832 6.8%
DALBAVANCIN DALBAVANCIN HYDROCHLORIDE 52 54 288 4.9%
DAPTOMYCIN daptomycin 46 1,137 4,371 12.6%
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANATE - 39 998 6,376 6.5%
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM - 38 3,372 10,462 17.6%
DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE Doxycycline Hyclate 35 1,164 1,650 19.1%
MUPIROCIN MUPIROCIN 33 32 352 0.9%
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANIC ACID - 27 885 5,097 8.4%
TEDIZOLID SIVEXTRO 25 68 217 8.8%
DUPILUMAB Dupixent 23 1,536 17,008 0.4%
METRONIDAZOLE metronidazole 22 2,188 7,909 9.7%

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Most Reported Drugs for Skin infection

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