Randomised pharmacokinetic trial of rifabutin with lopinavir/ritonavir-antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis in Vietnam. [PDF]
BackgroundRifampicin and protease inhibitors are difficult to use concomitantly in patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis because of drug-drug interactions. Rifabutin has been proposed as an alternative rifamycin, but there is concern that the current
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan +15 more
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Tuberculosis-HIV treatment with rifampicin or rifabutin: are the outcomes different?
BACKGROUND Rifamycins are a group of antibiotics mainly used in the treatment of tuberculosis (TB), however they interact with antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Carolina Arana Stanis Schmaltz +3 more
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Rifabutin corneal deposits localized to the deep stroma using anterior segment optical coherence tomography [PDF]
Purpose: To demonstrate that rifabutin-related corneal deposits are localized to the deep stroma using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) and confocal microscopy.
Tianyi Zhang +3 more
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Rifabutin Use in Staphylococcus Biofilm Infections: A Case Series
This is a case series of 10 patients who had staphylococcal biofilm infections that were treated with adjuvant rifabutin therapy instead of rifampin therapy.
James B. Doub +4 more
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Background/Aims: Optimized regimen has not yet been established for failures of multiple Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication. Hence, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of rifabutin-based rescue therapy, at least after three eradication failures ...
Jihee Sung +10 more
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Successful Anticoagulation With Warfarin After Switching From Rifampin to Rifabutin
Purpose: A case of a patient receiving warfarin for pulmonary embolism (PE) concomitantly with rifampin for treatment of active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is presented.
Marwah E. Alnewais +3 more
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Effects of steady-state rifabutin on the pharmacokinetics of steady-state maraviroc were investigated in fourteen healthy adult female and male volunteers. Maraviroc 300 mg twice daily (BID) was given orally with food for fifteen days.
M Ghannad +9 more
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Segmental retinal arteritis in a case of presumed bilateral rifabutin-associated hypopyon uveitis
Purpose: To describe the presentation and clinical course of bilateral hypopyon uveitis and subsequently diagnosed segmental retinal arteritis in an immunocompromised patient treated with intravitreal and systemic antibiotics while on rifabutin therapy ...
Shefali Sood +4 more
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Experimental study of the pharmacokinetics of rifabutin in liposomal form [PDF]
On mongrel male rats studied pharmacokinetics of rifabutin in liposomal form, the relative bioavailability and tissue distribution after intratracheal administration, evaluated pharmacokinetic linearity.
M. V. Carlin +6 more
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Spherical amorphous nanoparticles loading with antituberculosis substance rifabutin [PDF]
Properties of spherical amorphous nanoparticles loading with antituberculosis substance rifabutin are described. It was shown that rifabutin is loaded completely when content of the substance is 5% from the mass of carrier.
A. P. Kaplun +5 more
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