Clindamycin
General Spectrum of Activity

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

  • Covers many oral anaerobes
  • Increasing resistance in Bacteroides fragilis

Other

  •  Pneumocyctis jiroveci
  •  Malaria
  •  Toxoplasma

Does not cover

  •  Almost all aerobic gram negatives
  •  Enterococci