Abstract |
Rifampin therapy is an infrequently reported cause of pseudomembranous colitis. A low index of suspicion may account for this lack of recognition. Awareness of this potentially hazardous complication of rifampin therapy is encouraged, especially since increasing numbers of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, who may have diarrhea from other etiologies, require rifampin therapy.
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Authors | R P Byrd Jr, T M Roy, M A Ossorio, C L Fields |
Journal | Southern medical journal
(South Med J)
Vol. 90
Issue 6
Pg. 644-6
(Jun 1997)
ISSN: 0038-4348 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9191744
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
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Chemical References |
- Antibiotics, Antitubercular
- Antidiarrheals
- Metronidazole
- Rifampin
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Topics |
- Antibiotics, Antitubercular
(adverse effects)
- Antidiarrheals
(therapeutic use)
- Clostridioides difficile
(isolation & purification)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Diarrhea
(chemically induced, drug therapy, microbiology)
- Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
(chemically induced, drug therapy, microbiology)
- HIV Enteropathy
(diagnosis)
- Humans
- Male
- Metronidazole
(therapeutic use)
- Middle Aged
- Rifampin
(adverse effects)
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