A semisynthetic antibiotic produced from Streptomyces mediterranei. It has a broad antibacterial spectrum, including activity against several forms of Mycobacterium. In susceptible organisms it inhibits DNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity by forming a stable complex with the enzyme. It thus suppresses the initiation of RNA synthesis. Rifampin is bactericid...
Rifampin is indicated for the treatment of tuberculosis and tuberculosis-related mycobacterial infections. In combination with pyrazinamide and isoniazid, it is used in the initial phase of the short-course treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.
GHESKIO, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, Changchun, China
Covance Clinical Research Unit - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
TASK Clinical Research Centre, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Malawi CRS, Lilongwe, Malawi
Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao CRS (12201), Porto Alegre, Brazil
Instituto de Pesquisa Clinica Evandro Chagas (IPEC) CRS (12101), Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Hospital Vall d'Hebron-Barcelona-47683, Barcelona, Spain
Brussels - UNIV Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium
Hospital Quiron. I.C.U., Barcelona, Spain
West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Celerion, Tempe, Arizona, United States
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