General Spectrum of Activity

Gram positive bacteria

  • Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus spp.

  • Streptococcus pneumoniae

  • Viridans group Streptococcus spp.

  • Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)

Gram negative bacteria

  •  Moraxella catarrhalis

  •  Haemophilus influenzae

  •  Many Enterobacteriaceae

Anaerobes

  • Clostridium spp. (not Clostridium difficile)

  •  Peptostreptococcus spp.

Does not cover

  •  Enterococcus spp.

  •  MRSA

  •  ESBL-producing organisms

  •  Bacteroides fragilis