General Spectrum of Activity

Gram positive

  •  Unreliable against Staphylococci, Bacillus anthracis

Gram negative

  •  Pseudomonas

  •  Enterobacteriaceae

  •  Neisseria

  •  Haemophilus

  •  Moraxella

  •  Pasteurella

Anaerobes

  •  Not reliable

Other

  •  Atypicals including Legionella

Does not cover

  •  Most gram positives

  •  Streptococci

  •  Enterococci

  •  Stenotrophomonas

  •  Anaerobes