Pharmacology: Pharmacokinetics: The pharmacokinetics of ampicillin and sulbactam are broadly similar and neither appears to affect the other to any great extent.
Microbiology: Spectrum of activity: *Staphylococcus aureus, *Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus viridans, *Hemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, *Escherichia coli, *Klebsiella species, *Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Providencia rettgeri, Providencia stuartii, Morganella morgnii, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Clostridium species, Peptococcus species, Peptostreptococcus species, *Bacteroides species.
(*: including β-lactamase producing strains).