Azithromycin
General Spectrum of Activity

General Spectrum of Activity

Variable coverage

  • Check local antibiogram and do not use empirically for serious infections, such as bloodstream infections

Gram-positive:

  • Streptococci (Increasing resistance: S. pneumoniae, Streptococci group A/B/C/G)

Gram-negative:

  • Bordetella pertussis
  • Moraxella catarrhalis
  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Salmonella
  • Shigella

Others:

  • Atypicals (Mycoplasma, Legionella)
  • Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Ureaplasma
  • Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTMs)