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Clindamycin is effective against most of the following organisms EXCEPT:

  1. Oral anaerobes
  2. Gram-positive cocci
  3. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  4. Streptococci
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Correct answer: C. Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  • A. Clindamycin covers anaerobes well.
  • B. It is active against many gram-positive cocci.
  • C. Correct. Clindamycin has essentially no activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (a gram-negative aerobe).
  • D. Clindamycin covers streptococci.

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