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Table 1 The rank of the spectrum

From: Relationship between the appropriateness of antibiotic treatment and clinical outcomes/medical costs of patients with community-acquired acute pyelonephritis: a multicenter prospective cohort study

 

β-lactam antibiotics

Anti-staphylococcal antibiotics

Rank 1

3rd generation cephalosporin (without anti-pseudomonal activity), Ureido/carboxy-penicillin

Nafcillin/Oxacillin, 1st generation cephalosporin

Rank 2

Piperacillin/tazobactam, Ticarcillin/clavulanate, 4th generation cephalosporin, 3rd generation cephalosporin (with anti-pseudmonal activity)

Vancomycin, Teicoplanin, Linezolid

Rank 3

Ertapenem, Imipenem, Meropenem, Doripenem

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  1. Rank 1 was defined as the narrowest antibiotics and Rank 3 was defined as the broadest one
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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