Rifampin (generic), Rimactane, Rifadin News

As part of a six month investigation of global drug resistance, Associated Press came across the first case of highly drug-resistant TB in the US.

The Associated Press is reporting the first known case of a highly drug resistant, contagious, and virulent strain of tuberculosis .

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Scientists have identified a strain of antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis that thrives in the presence of rifampin, a front-line drug in the treatment of tuberculosis.

ADDRESS: Nizar N. Zein, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, A30, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail zeinn{at}ccf.org . Abstract Cutaneous changes may be the first clue that a patient has liver disease.

Every year nearly ten million people develop tuberculosis , a contagious infection, usually of the lungs.

Objective To develop an animal model of intraocular tuberculosis with features of pulmonary TB and extrapulmonary dissemination to the eye.

International guidelines for treating tuberculosis are due for specific improvements, according to two research papers published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine .

Rifampin is often used in conjunction with other drugs in the treatment of tuberculosis.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis is considered a real threat to the achievement of TB control.

CYP2B6 G516T polymorphism but not rifampin coadministration influences steady-state pharmacokinetics of efavirenz in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in South India.