In vitro activity and fecal concentration of rifaximin after oral administration

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作者
Jiang, ZD
Ke, S
Palazzini, E
Riopel, L
Dupont, H
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Ctr Infect Dis, Sch Publ Hlth, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Univ Texas, Sch Med, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[3] Univ Texas, MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[4] St Lukes Episcopal Hosp, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[5] Baylor Coll Med, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[6] Alfa Wassermann SpA, Bologna, Italy
[7] Salix Pharmaceut Inc, Palo Alto, CA USA
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10.1128/AAC.44.8.2205-2206.2000
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Rifaximin showed moderately high MICs (the MIC at which 90% of the isolates tested were inhibited = 50 mu g/ml) for 145 bacterial enteropathogens from patients with traveler's diarrhea acquired in Mexico during the summers of 1997 and 1998, Rifaximin concentrations in stool the day after oral administration (800 mg daily for 3 days) were high (average, 7,961 mu g/g), proving the value of the drug.
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