Rifampin, also known as rifampicin, belongs to the antimicrobial class of drugs. This medication is used to manage and treat diverse mycobacterial infections and gram-positive bacterial infections. Rifampin exhibits antibacterial activity against a wide range of gram-positive cocci, includingMycobacteriaand...
Rifampin belongs to the class of medicines called antibiotics and works to kill or prevent the growth of bacteria. However, it will not work for colds, flu, or other virus infections. This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription. ...
Rifampin, isoniazid, and pyrazinamide combination is used to treat tuberculosis (TB) infection. It may be taken alone or with one or more other medicines for TB. Rifampin belongs to the class of medicines called antibiotics and works to kill or prevent the growth of bacteria. However, it will...
Rifampin is a semisyntheticantibioticderivative of rifamycin SV. Rifampin is a red-brown crystalline powder very slightly soluble in water at neutral pH, freely soluble inchloroform, soluble in ethyl acetate and methanol. Its molecular weight is 822.95 and its chemical formula is C43H58N4O12. The...
Rifadin (rifampin, isoniazid andpyrazinamide) is anantibioticused to treat or preventtuberculosis(TB). Rifadin may also be used to eliminate a type of bacteria from your nose and throat that may causemeningitisor other infections, even if you do not have an infection. ...
Rifampin (an antibiotic of the rifamycin class) is well absorbed after oral administration, and it has been found to have a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity, including activity against tubercle bacilli, staphylococci, and Neisseria [1-4]. Two groups of investigators have evaluated the ...
Antibiotic sensitivity profiles determined with an Escherichia coli gene knockout collection: generating an antibiotic bar code. We have defined a sensitivity profile for 22 antibiotics by extending previous work testing the entire KEIO collection of close to 4,000 single-gene knocko... A Liu,L ...
This medication is a rifamycin antibiotic used to prevent and treat tuberculosis and other infections. This antibiotictreats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for futu...
Staphylococcus epidermidis bio- films: unexpected outcome of double and triple antibiotic combinations with rifampin. ASAIO Trans 1991;37:MI58-62.Gagnon RF, Richards GK, Wiesenfeld L (1991) Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms: unexpected outcome of double and triple antibiotic combinations with rifam...
Poor-quality medicines undermine the treatment of infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, which require months of treatment with rifampin and other drugs. Rifampin resistance is a critical concern for tuberculosis treatment. While subtherapeutic doses of medicine are known to select for antibiotic ...