# Data Set with Treatment Dosages as Defined by EUCAST

EUCAST breakpoints used in this package are based on the dosages in this
data set. They can be retrieved with
[`eucast_dosage()`](https://amr-for-r.org/reference/interpretive_rules.md).

## Usage

``` r
dosage
```

## Format

A [tibble](https://tibble.tidyverse.org/reference/tibble.html) with 759
observations and 9 variables:

- `ab`  
  Antimicrobial ID as used in this package (such as `AMC`), using the
  official EARS-Net (European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance
  Network) codes where available

- `name`  
  Official name of the antimicrobial drug as used by WHONET/EARS-Net or
  the WHO

- `type`  
  Type of the dosage, either `"high_dosage"`, `"standard_dosage"`, or
  `"uncomplicated_uti"`

- `dose`  
  Dose, such as "2 g" or "25 mg/kg"

- `dose_times`  
  Number of times a dose must be administered

- `administration`  
  Route of administration, either `""`, `"im"`, `"iv"`, `"oral"`, or NA

- `notes`  
  Additional dosage notes

- `original_txt`  
  Original text in the PDF file of EUCAST

- `eucast_version`  
  Version number of the EUCAST Clinical Breakpoints guideline to which
  these dosages apply, either 15, 14, 13.1, 12, or 11

## Download Our Reference Data

All reference data sets in the AMR package - including information on
microorganisms, antimicrobials, and clinical breakpoints - are freely
available for download in multiple formats: R, MS Excel, Apache Feather,
Apache Parquet, SPSS, and Stata.

For maximum compatibility, we also provide machine-readable,
tab-separated plain text files suitable for use in any software,
including laboratory information systems.

Visit [our website for direct download
links](https://amr-for-r.org/articles/datasets.html), or explore the
actual files in [our GitHub
repository](https://github.com/msberends/AMR/tree/main/data-raw/datasets).

## Examples

``` r
dosage
#> # A tibble: 759 × 9
#>    ab   name            type  dose  dose_times administration notes original_txt
#>    <ab> <chr>           <chr> <chr>      <int> <chr>          <chr> <chr>       
#>  1 AMK  Amikacin        stan… 25-3…          1 iv             ""    "25-30 mg/k…
#>  2 AMX  Amoxicillin     high… 2 g            6 iv             ""    "2 g x 6 iv"
#>  3 AMX  Amoxicillin     stan… 1 g            3 iv             ""    "1 g x 3-4 …
#>  4 AMX  Amoxicillin     high… 0.75…          3 oral           ""    "0.75-1 g x…
#>  5 AMX  Amoxicillin     stan… 0.5 g          3 oral           ""    "0.5 g x 3 …
#>  6 AMX  Amoxicillin     unco… 0.5 g          3 oral           ""    "0.5 g x 3 …
#>  7 AMC  Amoxicillin/cl… high… 2 g …          3 iv             ""    "(2 g amoxi…
#>  8 AMC  Amoxicillin/cl… stan… 1 g …          3 iv             ""    "(1 g amoxi…
#>  9 AMC  Amoxicillin/cl… high… 0.87…          3 oral           ""    "(0.875 g a…
#> 10 AMC  Amoxicillin/cl… stan… 0.5 …          3 oral           ""    "(0.5 g amo…
#> # ℹ 749 more rows
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: eucast_version <dbl>
```
