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rifampin

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rifampin (rĭfăm`pĭn), antibiotic antibiotic, any of a variety of substances, usually obtained from microorganisms, that inhibit the growth of or destroy certain other microorganisms.

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..... Click the link for more information.  used in the treatment of tuberculosis tuberculosis (TB), contagious, wasting disease caused by any of several mycobacteria. The most common form of the disease is tuberculosis of the lungs (pulmonary consumption, or phthisis), but the intestines, bones and joints, the skin, and the genitourinary,
..... Click the link for more information. . It is also used to eliminate the meningococcus microorganism from carriers and to treat leprosy leprosy or Hansen's disease (hăn`sənz)
..... Click the link for more information. , or Hansen's disease. Rifampin, or rifampicin as it was formerly called, acts by inhibiting protein synthesis in sensitive cells. It is a toxic drug whose side effects include flulike symptoms. Because resistant microorganisms emerge during treatment, rifampin is used along with other drugs, e.g., with isoniazid isoniazid (ī'sōnī`əzĭd), drug used to treat tuberculosis .
..... Click the link for more information.  and ethambutol for tuberculosis treatment and with dapsone and clofazimine in the treatment of leprosy.
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Both organisms were susceptible to vancomycin, teicoplanin, chloramphenicol, linezolid, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, and rifampin.
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ... by Arias, Cesar A. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Gelber says that moxifloxacin by itself killed the microbe faster than the commonly prescribed rifampin or any other antimicrobial he has used against leprosy.
Novel approach fights leprosy by Science News
Patients are ineligible if they are or were in a previous MK-0518 trial, are under 16, are pregnant or breast feeding, have acute hepatitis, or are taking certain medications including phenobarbital, phenytoin, or rifampin.
Integrase inhibitor MK-0518: Merck opens expanded-access program by James, John S. / AIDS Treatment News
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