MRSA-related costs in Swedish health care (€, 2011 prices).

a)County Council of Västra Götaland [38] and County Council of Örebro [39].b)Västra Götalandsregionen [40].c)Personal communication, County Council of Skåne.d)Antibiotics recommended for policlinic treatment of MRSA-infections, trimethoprim-sulphonamide or fusidic acid [42], are no more costly than flucloxacillin, the antibiotic recommended for treatment of sensitive infections [28, 41]. As to antibiotics used for severe infections in inpatient care, vancomycin costs about the same as cloxacillin—recommended for treatment of severe sensitive infections [41]—linezolid, however, used in about 20 percent of MRSA cases (personal communication, Public Health Agency of Sweden), is € 374 more expensive than cloxacillin. Costs are based on prices from Swedish Pharmacies [41].MRSA-related costs in Swedish health care (€, 2011 prices).