Duration of rifampin chemoprophylaxis for contacts of patients infected with Haemophilus influenzae type B.

Rifampin is recommended as a prophylactic treatment for intimate contacts of young children who develop invasive infections with Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib). A 4-day course of rifampin (20 mg/kg of body weight per day, not to exceed 600 mg as a maximum single daily dose) is 95% effective in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Hauptverfasser:	Green, M, Li, K I, Wald, E R, Guerra, N, Byers, C
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1992
Schlagworte:	Research Article
Online-Zugang:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC190554/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1622163/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/aac.36.3.545
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