General Spectrum of Activity

Gram positive

  •  MSSA

  •  Susceptible MRSA

  •  Group A,B,C,G Streptococci (but increasing resistance)

  •  viridans Streptococci

Gram negatives

  •  Essentially no aerobic gram negative coverage

Anaerobes

  •  Increasing resistance in Bacteroides fragilis

  •  Covers many oral anaerobes

Other

  •  Pneumocyctis jiroveci

  •  Malaria

  •  Toxoplasma

Does not cover

  •  Almost all aerobic gram negatives

  •  Enterococci