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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS
Volume 35, Issue 1, Pages 39-44Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.08.011
Keywords
Rifampicin; Gram-negative; Synergism; Combination regimens
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Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacterial infections are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Given the lack of availability of new highly effective antimicrobial drugs against multiresistant strains, combination regimens are administered that include rifampicin for its demonstrated in vitro synergism with multiple drugs. A literature review was performed of clinical studies reporting the use of rifampicin in the treatment of MDR Gram-negative bacterial infections. Nineteen studies were found, including only one randomised controlled study. Data in the literature on combined therapeutic regimens with rifampicin are limited and refer mostly to uncontrolled studies. Therefore, the real clinical benefit of using rifampicin-containing therapies for the treatment of Gram-negative multiresistant bacteria in terms of clinical outcome and survival rates still needs to be assessed. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. and the International Society of Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.
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