Antibiotic	Representative dose	Cost per day (generic)*
Cephalexin (Keflex)	500 mg orally every six hours	$14 (2 to 5)
Dicloxacillin (Dynapen)	500 mg orally every six hours	8 (5 to 7)
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra)	160 mg/800 mg every 12 hours	2 (1 to 2)
Clindamycin (Cleocin)	300 mg orally every six hours	24 (14 to 15)
	600 mg intravenously every eight hours	25 (13)
Linezolid (Zyvox)	600 mg orally every 12 hours	130
	600 mg intravenously every 12 hours	164
Nafcillin	2 g intravenously every four hours	124
Cefazolin (Ancef)	2 g intravenously every eight hours	33 (7 to 16)
Vancomycin (Vancocin)	1 g intravenously every 12 hours	69 (18 to 40)
Daptomycin (Cubicin)	300 mg intravenously once daily	171