Antibacterial action Penicillin has great antibacterial activity to a variety of sensitive bacteria The antibacterial spectrum includes: Gram-positive cocci: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A, B, C, G, F), non-B-lactamase producing staphylococcus aureus, sensitive streptococcus pneumoniae, aerobic Gram positive cocci. Gram-positive bacilli: corynebacterium diphtheriae; bacillus anthracis; anaerobic clostridium tetani; clostridium perfringens; clostridium botulinum; actinomyces
Antibacterial action ◼ Penicillin has great antibacterial activity to a variety of sensitive bacteria. ◼ The antibacterial spectrum includes: ◼ Gram-positive cocci: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A, B, C, G, F), non-β-lactamase producing staphylococcus aureus, sensitive streptococcus pneumoniae, aerobic Gram positive cocci. ◼ Gram-positive bacilli: corynebacterium diphtheriae; bacillus anthracis; anaerobic clostridium tetani; clostridium perfringens; clostridium botulinum; actinomyces
Antibacterial action Gram-negative cocci: nesseria meningitides neisseria gonorrhoeae Spirochetes: Treponema pallidum; leptospira spp. borrelia burgdorferi
Antibacterial action ◼ Gram-negative cocci: nesseria meningitides; neisseria gonorrhoeae. ◼ Spirochetes: Treponema pallidum; leptospira spp.; borrelia burgdorferi