rifampicinn.
/rᵻˈfampᵻsɪn/, U.S. /rəˈfæmpəˌsɪn/ Pharmacology.
A semi-synthetic antibiotic of the rifamycin group, used esp. in the treatment of tuberculosis, leprosy, and other mycobacterial infections, usually in combination with other antibiotics to prevent the emergence of resistance.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for tuberculosis
Koch's tuberculin1890
tuberculin1891
tuberculocidin1891
tuberculocide1892
Sanocrysin1924
promizole1944
streptomycin1944
para-aminosalicylic acid1946
pyrazinamide1947
viomycin1950
Marsilid1952
thiacetazone1952
iproniazid1953
isoniazid1953
isonicotinic hydrazide1956
ethionamide1959
strep1959
rifampicin1966
rifampin1968
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antibiotics > [noun] > other antibiotics
pyocyanase1900
fumigatin1938
M and B1938
gramicidin1940
tyrocidine1940
tyrothricin1940
clavacin1942
fumigacin1942
streptothricin1942
aspergillic acid1943
aspergillin1943
clavatin1943
helvolic acid1943
streptomycin1944
subtilin1944
bacitracin1945
viridin1945
javanicin1946
nisin1947
nitrofurazone1947
polymyxin1947
aureomycin1948
chloramphenicol1949
clitocybin1949
neomycin1949
Terramycin1950
viomycin1950
cephalosporin1951
fumagillin1951
nigericin1951
achromycin1952
carbomycin1952
erythromycin1952
nystatin1952
oxytetracycline1952
tetracycline1952
chlortetracycline1953
nitrofurantoin1953
oligomycin1953
puromycin1953
bacteriocin1954
albomycin1955
spiramycin1955
valinomycin1955
amphotericin B1956
mitomycin1956
novobiocin1956
oleandomycin1956
paromomycin1956
vancomycin1956
kanamycin1957
macrolide1957
ristocetin1957
streptovaricin1957
ethionamide1959
rifamycin1959
strep1959
mithramycin1960
fucidin1961
virginiamycin1961
cephalothin1962
fusidic acid1962
nonactin1962
trimethoprim1962
daunomycin1963
lincomycin1963
anthracycline1964
cephaloridine1964
spectinomycin1964
doxycycline1966
rifampicin1966
minocycline1967
rifampin1968
Adriamycin1969
daunorubicin1969
ribostamycin1970
doxorubicin1971
tobramycin1971
milbemycin1975
fluoroquinolone1984
1966 N. Maggi et al. in Chemotherapia 11 285 The hydrazone..3-(4-methyl-piperazinyl-iminomethyl)-rifamycin SV, named by us ‘rifampicin’.
1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Mar. 900/2 In three [families] rifampicin had been given to contacts and family members because the initial presentation of the child suggested meningococcal disease.
1996 Economist 16 Nov. 140/3 The researchers screened their bacterial populations for resistance to an antibiotic called rifampicin.
2007 N.Y. Times 29 July (Washington Final ed.) d5/4 MDR means that the strain of TB is caused by bacteria resistant to two or more of the most important drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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