Temocillin dosage adjustment in a preterm infant with severe renal disease: a case report

Background Temocillin is a carboxypenicillin antibiotic indicated in complicated urinary tract infections due to susceptible ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae. While temocillin therapeutic schemes for adult patients with normal or impaired renal function are evidence based, little is known in paediatric populations. Objectives We report herein the management of temocillin treatment in a preterm infant with end-stage renal disease. Patients and methods The patient was a 7-month-old preterm infant born at 35 weeks gestation and treated by temocillin for 10 days for a bacteraemic urinary tract infection due to a susceptible ESBL-producing Enterobacter cloacae complex strain. Temocillin was administered by continuous infusion using a loading dose of 25 mg followed by a maintenance dose of 70 mg daily. Determination of MIC and temocillin plasma and urinary concentration was performed. Results Clinical improvement was observed 24 h after the initiation of temocillin treatment. Temocillin concentrations ranged between 21.6 and 35.5 mg/L in urine between the first and the sixth day of treatment and between 47.0 and 61.8 mg/L in plasma after 6 and 10 days of treatment, respectively. Temocillin concentrations were found to be above the determined MIC of 6 mg/L. From the measured concentrations, we can postulate that 100%fT>MIC was achieved in urine and at least equal to 40% in plasma. Conclusions Temocillin dosing adjustment performed in the present reported case allowed safe and effective treatment. The strategy described herein could be used as a basis for further clinical studies relative to temocillin use in a paediatric population with renal impairment.