Rifampicin
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rifampicin-179-16128235
title:
Rifampicin
text:
Rifampicin, also known as rifampin, is an ansamycin antibiotic used to treat several types of bacterial infections, including tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium avium complex, leprosy, and Legionnaires' disease. It is almost always used together with other antibiotics with two notable exceptions: when given as a "preferred treatment that is strongly recommended" for latent TB infection; and when used as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent Haemophilus influenzae type b and meningococcal disease in
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Antibiotic medication
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifampicin
date created:
2004-08-25T04:59:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T01:43:13Z
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