General Spectrum of Activity

Gram positive:

  • Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

  • Susceptible Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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

  • Viridans streptococci

Gram negatives:

  • Essentially no aerobic Gram negative coverage

Anaerobes:

  • Increasing resistance

Other:

  • Pneumocyctis jiroveci

  • Malaria

  • Toxoplasma

Does not cover:

  • Almost all aerobic gram negatives

  • Enterococci