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.
Isango Lethemba TB Research Unit, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Tembisa Clinical Research Centre-The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States
Hunan provincial people's hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
the First Affiliated Hospital with Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias y del Ambiente, Asunción, Paraguay
Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
CHU Reims, Reims, France
CH Annecy Genevois, Pringy, France
Clinique de la Sauvegarde, Lyon, France
Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd., Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of
St. Luke's International Hospital, Chuo ku, Japan
Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Fukui-shi, Japan
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