General Spectrum of Activity

Gram positive

  •  Unreliable against Staphylococci

  •  Bacillus anthracis

Gram negative

  •  Pseudomonas

  •  Enterobacteriaceae

  •  Neisseria meningitis

  •  Haemophilus

  •  Moraxella

  •  Pasteurella

Other

  •  Atypicals including Legionella

  • Mycoplasma

  • Chlamydophila

Does not cover

  • Most gram positives including Streptococci, Stenotrophomonas, anaerobes