rifampin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rifampin
1965–70; probably rifam ( yci ) n (originally, rifomycin, equivalent to rifo- (perhaps < Italian rifo ( rmare ) to reform ) + -mycin ) + pi(perazine)
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Since 2018, federal regulators have alerted the public about nitrosamine contamination in samples of the heartburn medication Zantac, the antibiotic rifampin and the smoking-cessation drug Chantix.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
He recommended that she take two antibiotics — doxycycline and rifampin — for a total of six weeks to treat the infection.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
If TB is resistant to rifampin, it's often resistant to another commonly used drug, Fauci said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2010
The antibiotic rifampin, a leading antituberculosis drug, has proved effective, healing leprous skin lesions four times as fast as dapsone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still newer drugs include the potent antibiotic rifampin, and even thalidomide, which is administered to treat complications, but not for women of childbearing age.
From Time Magazine Archive
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