Ceftaroline Fosamil: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Ceftaroline Fosamil is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand, for escherichia coli infections, klebsiella infections and pneumonia. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Treats
- Escherichia Coli Infections, Klebsiella Infections and Pneumonia
- Available as
- Powder
- Sold as
- Teflaro
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
How ceftaroline fosamil is dosed
From the FDA label for Teflaro (application NDA200327). Other ceftaroline fosamil products — different forms, different strengths — are dosed differently. Follow the label for the one you were prescribed.
Dosage of Teflaro by Indication in Adult and Pediatric Patients ( 2.1 , 2.2 ) Indication Age Range Dosage Infusion Time Duration Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI) 18 years and older 600 mg every 12 hours 5 to 60 minutes 5 to 14 days ≥2 years to < 18 years (> 33 kg) 400 mg every 8 hours OR 600 mg every 12 hours 5 to 60 minutes 5 to 14 days ≥2 years to < 18 years (≤ 33kg) 12 mg/kg every 8 hours 5 to 60 minutes 5 to 14 days 2 months to < 2 years 8 mg/kg every 8 hours 5 to 60 minutes 5 to 14 days 0* to < 2 months 6 mg/kg every 8 hours 30 to 60 minutes 5 to 14 days *Gestational age 34 weeks and older and postnatal age 12 days and older Indication Age Range Dosage Infusion Time Duration Community Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) 18 years and older 600 mg every 12 hours 5 to 60 minutes 5 to 7 days ≥2 years to < 18 years (> 33 kg) 400 mg every 8 hours OR 600 mg every 12 hours 5 to 60 minutes 5 to 14 days ≥2 years to < 18 years (≤ 33kg) 12 mg/kg every 8 hours 5 to 60 minutes 5 to 14 days 2 months to < 2 years 8 mg/kg every 8 hours 5 to 60 minutes 5 to 14 days Dosage adjustment is required in adult patients with creatinine clearance (CrCl) < 50 mL/min and in End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) including hemodialysis ( 2.3 ) There is insufficient information to recommend a dosage regimen for pediatric patients with CrCL < 50 mL/min/1.73 m 2 ( 2.3 ) 2.1 Recommended…
Ceftaroline Fosamil side effects
The following serious adverse reactions are described in greater detail in the Warnings and Precautions section Hypersensitivity Reactions [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.1 )] Clostridioides difficile -Associated diarrhea [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.2 )] Neurological Adverse Reactions [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.3 )] Direct Coombs’ Test Seroconversion [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.4 )] The most common adverse reactions occurring in >2% of adult patients and ≥3% of pediatric patients are diarrhea, nausea, and rash. Additional adverse reactions that occurred in ≥3% of pediatric patients include vomiting and pyrexia. ( 6.1 ) To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact AbbVie Inc. at 1-800-678-1605 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.. 6.1 Clinical Trials Experience Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in clinical trials of a drug cannot be compared directly to rates from clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect rates observed in practice. Adult Patients Teflaro was evaluated in four controlled comparative Phase 3 clinical trials (two in ABSSSI and two in CABP) which included 1300 adult patients treated with Teflaro (600 mg administered by IV over 1 hour every 12h) and 1297 patients treated with comparator (vancomycin plus aztreonam or ceftriaxone) for a treatment period…
Who shouldn’t take ceftaroline fosamil
Teflaro is contraindicated in patients with known serious hypersensitivity to ceftaroline or other members of the cephalosporin class. Anaphylaxis has been reported with ceftaroline. Known serious hypersensitivity to ceftaroline or other members of the cephalosporin class. ( 4 )
Every ceftaroline fosamil product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Teflaro.
What people report to the FDA about ceftaroline fosamil
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 711 reports naming ceftaroline fosamil, and the FDA flagged 93% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- acute kidney injury44 reports
- thrombocytopenia39 reports
- neutropenia38 reports
- treatment failure36 reports
- pyrexia31 reports
- agranulocytosis28 reports
- rash26 reports
- eosinophilia25 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean ceftaroline fosamil caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
What is ceftaroline fosamil?
Teflaro (Ceftaroline Fosamil) is a medication used to treat Escherichia Coli Infections, Klebsiella Infections, Pneumonia, Infectious Skin Diseases.
Can you take ceftaroline fosamil with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run ceftaroline fosamil against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does ceftaroline fosamil come in?
Across the brands we track, ceftaroline fosamil is currently marketed as powder, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic ceftaroline fosamil?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled ceftaroline fosamil product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
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Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for ceftaroline fosamil on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.