User:Mr. Ibrahem/Ceftaroline fosamil

Ceftaroline fosamil, sold under the brand name Teflaro and Zinforo, is an antibioticused to treat skin and soft tissue infections and pneumonia. It is used in difficult to treat cases including those with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It is given by injection into a vein.

Common side effects include diarrhea, nausea, rash, and fever. Other side effects may include anaphylaxis, Clostridioides difficile infection, and red blood cell breakdown. Well there is no evidence of harm in pregnancy, such use has not been well studied. It is a cephalosporin and works by disrupting the bacterial cell wall.

Ceftaroline was approved for medical use in the United States in 2010 and Europe in 2012. It was removed from the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines in 2019. In the United Kingdom 5 days of treatment costs the NHS about £375 as of 2021. This amount in the United States costs bout 2,200 USD. A generic version was approved in 2021 in the USA.