Piperacillin-Tazobactam
General Spectrum of Activity

General Spectrum of Activity

Gram positive

  • Arcanobacter sp.
  • C. diphtheriae
  • Enterococcus faecalis
  • L. monocytogenes
  • MSSA
  • Coag-negative Staph.
  • Staph. epidermidis, lugdunensis, saprophyticus & anginosus group
  • Streptococci groups A, B, C, F, G
  • Strep. pneumoniae

Gram negative

  • Aeromonas sp.
  • Capnocytophaga
  • Citrobacter sp.
  • C. koseri
  • Eikenella sp.
  • E. aerogenes & cloacae
  • E. coli
  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Kingella sp.
  • Klebsiella oxytoca & pneumoniae
  • Leptospira sp.
  • Moraxella catarrhalis
  • Morganella sp.
  • Neisseria meningitidis
  • P. multocida
  • Proteus mirabilis & vulgaris
  • Providencia sp.
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Salmonella sp.
  • Serratia sp.
  • Shigella sp.
  • Y. enterocolitica

Anaerobic

  • Actinomyces sp.
  • Bacteroides fragilis
  • F. necrophorum
  • Prevotella melaninogenica
  • Non-difficile Clostridia
  • P. acnes
  • Peptostreptococci

Does not cover

  • MRSA
  • Non-faecalis Enterococci
  • ESBL species
  • Legionella
  • Stenotrophomonas and other resistant gram negatives
  • Atypicals