Metronidazole
General Spectrum of Activity

General Spectrum of Activity

No Gram positive or gram negative aerobes

Anaerobic

  • Most including:

    • Bacteroides fragilis
    • Clostridia including C. difficile
    • Fusobacterium necrophorum
    • Prevotella melaninogenica
  • Excluding:

    • Propionibacterium acnes

Other

  • H. pylori

  • Anaerobic protazoa - Entamoeba

  • Giardia

  • Trichomonas