Meropenem
General Spectrum of Activity

General Spectrum of Activity

Gram positive

  • Streptococci Group A,B,C,G
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Viridans streptococcus
  • Streptococcus milleri
  • MSSA
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis
  • Listeria monocytogenes

Gram negative

  • ESBL producing organisms
  • AmpC inducible beta-lactamase producing organisms
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • B. cepacia
  • E. coli
  • Klebsiella spp.
  • Enterobacter spp.
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • Neisseria meningitidis
  • Moraxella catarrhalis
  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Others (Serratia spp., Salmonella spp., Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Shigella spp., Providencia spp., Morganella spp., Citrobacter spp., Aeromonas spp., Pasteurella multocida)

Anaerobes

  • Bacteroides fragilis
  • Prevotella melaninogenica
  • Fusobacterium necrophorum
  • Clostridia
  • Peptostreptococci
  • Others

Does NOT cover

  • Enterococcus faecium
  • Atypicals
  • MRSA
  • Carbapenem resistant gram negatives
  • Stenotrophomonas