Rifampin-resistant Meningococcal Disease
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 Rifampin-resistant meningococcal disease occurred in a child who had completed rifampin chemoprophylaxis for exposure to a sibling with meningococcemia. Susceptibility testing of 331 case isolates found only 1 other case of rifampin-resistant disease in ...
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Controversy about the Role of Rifampin in Biofilm Infections: Is It Justified? [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2021 Rifampin is a potent antibiotic against staphylococcal implant-associated infections. In the absence of implants, current data suggest against the use of rifampin combinations.
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Assessing transporter-mediated rifampin-linezolid interaction using physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modelling. [PDF]
Br J Clin PharmacolAbstract Aims The study aims to develop a physiologically‐based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model to quantitatively evaluate the role of ATP‐binding cassette sub‐family B member 1 (ABCB1) and ATP‐binding cassette super‐family G member 2 (ABCG2) in the drug–drug interaction (DDI) between rifampin and linezolid and to predict the impact of high‐dose rifampin ...
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Rifampin-Associated Renal Failure
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023 Rifampin is an effective and widely used for the treatment of both active and latent tuberculosis. Although significant side effects are rare, severe side effects such as acute renal failure have been reported in the literature, usually secondary to ...
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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
, 2022 Hepatology, EarlyView.
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CAQ Corner: Basic concepts of transplant immunology
, 2022 Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Amanda Cheung, Josh Levitsky
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COVID-19 as a Potential Trigger for Tuberculosis: Insights From a Large-Scale Japanese Insurance Database Analysis. [PDF]
J Gen Fam MedIn a nationwide propensity score–matched cohort study using Japanese insurance claims data, prior COVID‐19 was associated with a fourfold higher risk of subsequent active tuberculosis treatment initiation. The association was particularly pronounced among individuals with prior tuberculosis history.
Miyamori D, Ikeda K, Nagasaka S, Ito M.
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Innovative methods for the diagnosis and treatment of implant-associated infections [PDF]
, 2009 Indwelling devices and prosthesis are increasingly used in modern medicine practices. Failures of prosthetic joint devices constitute an important complication. Especially, the management of patients with a septic failure is characterized by difficulties
Baldoni, Daniela
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2016 Membrane drug transporters contribute to the disposition of many drugs. In human liver, drug transport is controlled by two main superfamilies of transporters, the solute carrier transporters (SLC) and the ATP Binding Cassette transporters (ABC). Altered
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Effect of the nanoliposomal formulations of rifampin and N-acetyl cysteine on staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm [PDF]
Nanomedicine Journal, 2020 Objective(s): Staphylococcus epidermidis is a common cause of medical device-associated infections due to biofilm formation, and its elimination is extremely challenging. Although rifampin efficacy against S.
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