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Table 9.2 Sensitivities of Some Organisms to Commonly Used Antibiotics
Drug
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Ampicillin/Amoxicillin
*
*
*
**
*
*
**
**
*
**
**
**
Cefoxitin
*
Ceftazidime
*
* *
Cefuroxime/cefotaxime
*
*
*
*
**
*
*
*
cefamandole
Chloramphenicol
*
*
*
*
*
Co-trimoxazole
*
*
*
*
**
**
**
*
*
Erythormycin
*
*
*
*
*
*
**
**
*
Gentamicin
*
*
*
*
*
**
Flucloxacillin
**
**
Metronidazole
**
Penicillin G/Penicillin V
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
*
Piperacillin
*
**
Quinolones
*
*
*
*
**
**
Tetracyclines
*
*
*
*
**
*
*
**
**
** Drug of first choice.
* Drug of second choice.
1
Staphylococcus aures (penicillin-sensitive);
2
Staphyloccocus aureus (penicillin-resistant);
3 Streptococcus pyogenes;
4
Streptococcus pneumoniae;
5
Enterococcus faecalis;
6
Viridans’ streptococci;
7
Neisseria meningitidis;
8
Neisseria gonorrhoeae;
9
Haemophilus influenzae;
10
Escherichia coli;
11
Klebsiella;
12
Proteus mirabilis;
13 Pseudomonas
aeruginosa;
14
Brucella;
15
Legionella pneumophila;
16
Salmonella typhi;
17
Bacteroides spp. and other anaerobes;
18 Mycoplasma pneumoniae;
19 Chlamydiae;
20
Listeria monocytogenes;
21 Rickettsiae.
(Adapted from D. G. Grahame-Smith, J. K. Aronson (2002). Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, 3rd Edn. New York: Oxford University Press. With permission.)