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Rifampin: Infections
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Centers for Disease Control, “Update: Adverse Event Data and Revised American Thoracic Society/CDC Recommendations Against the Use of Rifampin and Pyrazinamide for Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection - United States, 2003,” MMWR, 52(31);735-9. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5231a4.htm. Last accessed February 16, 2005.
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Rifampin is approved by the FDA for use with other medicines to prevent or treat TB. TB is an opportunistic infection that commonly affects people with HIV or AIDS. Rifampin ... can be prescribed to prevent infection in people who may have come in contact with TB or meningitis patients.
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Rifampin may infrequently cause serious liver disease. Though sometimes necessary to completely treat certain infections, combination treatment with other drugs (e.g., isoniazid, pyrazinamide) may increase this risk. Tell your doctor immediately if any of these unlikely but serious side effects occur:
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Rifampin may ... be used to eliminate a bacteria from your nose and throat that may cause meningitis or other infections, even if you do not have an infection. Rifampin prevents you from spreading this bacteria to other people, but the medication will not treat an infection caused by the bacteria.
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Rifampin... known as Rifadin or Rimactane, belongs to the class of medicines called antimycobacterials. Antimycobacterials prevent or treat infections caused by a certain type of bacterium, including the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB).
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Rifampin eliminates bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB). Rifampin comes in pill and injectable forms It is generally is used with other drugs to treat tuberculosis and to prevent you from giving this infection to others
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