Gram + bacteria Gram – bacteria

Cocci: Bacilli: 1st gen cephalosporins Diplococci:

Streptococcus Bacillus (i.e. 2st gen cephalosporins Neisseria (i.e. gonorrheae,
meningitidis)
anthrax) 3rd gen cephalosporins

Aminoglycosides (ie. Gent)

Staphylococcus
Listeria Moraxella (i.e. catarrhalis)
Enterococcus 4th gen cephalosporins
Aerobic

Azetreonam
Vancomycin, Linezolid
Nocardia
Corynebacterium Septra, Tetracyclines Bacilli:
(i.e. diptheria) Enterobactericeae
Macrolides (i.e. E. coli, Shigella,
Cloxacillin
Ampicillin

Klebsiella, Yersinia,
Penicillin

Salmonella, Serratia)
Flouroquinolones
Hemophilus Pseudomonas
Clindamycin

Levo Cipro

Carbapenems,
Pip-Tazo

Cocci: Bacilli: Diplococci: Bacilli:

Clostridium Veilonella Bacteroides
Pepto-
Anaerobic

streptococcus Lactobacillus Clindamycin Fusobacterium

Actinomyces
Priopionibacterium Atypicals: not seen on gram stain
-Treponema pallidum (spirochete)
Metronidazole -Chlamydia (C. trachomatis, C.
Treat with: pneumoniae)
-Mycoplasma (no cell wall)
Macrolides
-Mycobacteria spp (i.e. M.
Tetracyclines tuberculosis, M. leprae
Yan Yu, 2012 (www.yanyu.ca) -Rickettsia
Flouroquinolones