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# Data Set with Treatment Dosages as Defined by EUCAST

Source: `R/data.R`
`dosage.Rd`

EUCAST breakpoints used in this package are based on the dosages in this data set. They can be retrieved with `eucast_dosage()`.

## Usage

    dosage

## Format

A tibble 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, or explore the actual files in our GitHub repository.

## Examples

    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>