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rifampicin /rɪˈfampɪsɪn /(also rifampin) noun [mass noun] MedicineA reddish-brown antibiotic used chiefly to treat tuberculosis and leprosy.- The antibiotic is obtained from the bacterium Nocardia mediterranei.
For the more commonly encountered methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci, a combination of vancomycin, rifampin and gentamicin is indicated....- The sift did not reveal any deletions that make cells susceptible to amoxicillin, penicillin, rifampin or vancomycin, which are used to treat bacterial infections of the airways, stomach and skin.
- The organisms are treatable with tetracycline, erythromycin, rifampin, and by the sulfonamides.
Origin1960s: from rifamycin (an antibiotic first isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces mediterranei) + the insertion of pi- from piperazine. |