rifampinn.

1968 Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy 519/1 The in vitro and in vivo activity of rifampin against gram-positive bacteria.

1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 27 June 4/8 The great danger in rifampin is that tuberculosis bacteria, which cause the disease, can readily become resistant to the drug.

1995 L. Garrett Coming Plague (new ed.) xiii. 418 Recognizing the futility of standard antibiotic therapy, the Durban physicians switched to rifampin plus fusidic acid for treatment.

2005 New Yorker 10 Jan. 35/2 The 2004 list includes twenty-five drugs that are prescribed for children hundreds and thousands of times each year—drugs such as rifampin, an antibiotic that combats tuberculosis and staph infections, and furosemide, a common diuretic.