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Rifampicin, also known as rifampin, is an ansamycin antibiotic used to treat several types of bacterial infections, including tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium avium complex, leprosy, and Legionnaires' disease. [3]
Rifampin rapidly kills fast-dividing bacilli strains as well as "persisters" cells, which remain biologically inactive for long periods of time that allow them to evade antibiotic activity. [7] In addition, rifabutin and rifapentine have both been used against tuberculosis acquired in HIV-positive patients.
The hope of a fixed-dose combination pill is to increase the likelihood that people will take all of three medications. [5] Also, if people forget to take one or two of their drugs, they might not then develop resistance to the remaining drugs.
Isoniazid/rifampicin, also known as isoniazid/rifampin, is a medication used to treat tuberculosis. [1] It is a fixed dose combination of isoniazid and rifampicin (rifampin). [1] It is used together with other antituberculosis medication. [1] It is taken by mouth. [1] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [2]
Serious side effects may include liver problems or Clostridioides difficile associated diarrhea. [3] It is unclear if use during pregnancy is safe. [3] Rifapentine is in the rifamycin family of medication and works by blocking DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. [3] Rifapentine was approved for medical use in the United States in 1998. [2]
Traditional Vietnamese medicine (Y học Cổ truyền Việt Nam), also known as Southern Herbology (Thuốc Nam) is a traditional medicine practiced by Vietnamese people. It is influenced by traditional Chinese medicine.
Minocycline is also used for other skin infections such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. [22]Although minocycline's broader spectrum of activity, compared with other members of the group, includes activity against Neisseria meningitidis, [23] its use for prophylaxis is no longer recommended because of side effects (dizziness and vertigo).
Traditional orchestra in Đồng Kỵ village festival. Most frequently made from a single piece of bamboo, the sáo measures between 40 and 55 centimeters in length and 1.5 to 2 centimeters in diameter, with six or ten finger holes and a tuning slide.