It is indicated for the parenteral treatment of complicated skin and soft-tissue infections, bone and joint infections, hospital- or community-acquired pneumonia, complicated urinary tract infections, infective endocarditis, peritonitis associated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, and bacteremia associated with these infections in adults and children from birth. It is also used as an alternative oral treatment for diarrhea and colitis caused by Clostridium difficile infection.