Recent news on Rifadin

TB Incidence Rate Drops in US, But Decline Slows  -  Mar 23, 2007
MedPage Today,At least isoniazid (Rifadin) and rifampin (Nydrazid), among first-line drugs. And at least one of the second-line injectable drugs, amikacin (Amikin),

Majority of South Africans with HIV have drug resistant TB  -  Feb 27, 2007
News-Medical.net,XDR-TB is resistant to the two most potent first-line treatments isoniazid (Nydrazid) and rifampin (Rifadin) and also to some of the available second-line

CROI: Presence of XDR-TB Worldwide Grows More Common  -  Feb 26, 2007
MedPage Today,...resistant TB (MDR-TB) is defined by the WHO as tuberculosis that is resistant to the two first-line drugs, isoniazid (Nydrazid) and rifampin (Rifadin).

Transmitted TB Resistance High In Shanghai  -  Feb 21, 2007
MedPage Today,Disturbingly, a quarter of the resistant strains were multidrug resistant (MDR), defined as being resistant to both rifampin (Rifadin) and isoniazid

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