rifampicin (rif- am -pi-sin) n. an antibiotic administered by mouth to treat various infections, particularly tuberculosis and leprosy. Trade names: Rifadin, Rimactane.

...report the efficacy of the combination of rifampicin and cotrimoxazole in a case of actinomycetoma...history of tuberculosis. He was started on rifampicin 600 mg daily and cotrimoxazole double...effects of the medication were seen. Rifampicin is a highly bactericidal antibiotic...

...limited treatment options. Resistance to rifampicin results from nucleotide changes in the...rpoB) of Mycobacteriume tuberculosis Rifampicin resistance is considered as a marker...frequency of mutations in the rpoB gene of rifampicin resistant clinical isolates vary considerably...

...drug resistance to important drugs like rifampicin. The present study was aimed at evaluation...correlate these mutations with levels of rifampicin resistance for assessing their clinical...subjected to susceptibility testing for rifampicin at various concentrations of drug viz...

...isoniazid-resistant M. tuberculosis outbreak acquired rifampicin resistance. The rpoB gene sequence showed...isolates had a mutation outside the rifampicin resistance-determining region...outbreak had developed resistance to rifampicin. Initially, the isolate was tested with...

Background & objectives: Rifampicin and isoniazid are the most important...bacteria. We report the effect of rifampicin and isoniazid on the cytochrome...Subinhibitory concentrations of rifampicin and isoniazid were added to the...

Rifampicin-loaded polylactide micro- spheres degraded much faster in the medium at basic pH and at high temperatures. Rifampicin Release was high under these conditions. It was concluded that rifampicin release was both degradation and diffusion-controlled. Rifampicin-loaded polylactide...

...Objectives: Poor bioavailability of rifampicin (R) in combination with other anti-tuberculosis...bioavailability of R. Key words Bioavailability - rifampicin - treatment - tuberculosis - urinary...of multiple drug regimens containing rifampicin (R) in addition to ethambutol (E), isoniazid...

...Definitions of in vitro resistance to rifampicin in strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis...methods of defining in vitro resistance to rifampicin. Methods: (i) A total of 598 clinical...definitions - Mycobacterium tuberculosis - rifampicin The standardization of drug susceptibility...

...recent findings from centres assessing rifampicin resistance. 3. To recommend reliable tools and procedures for surveillance of rifampicin resistance. 4. To consider methods for...consider alternate regimens without rifampicin as and when needed. Individuals and...