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SUBMITTER: Dian S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6256787 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20181126 12
High doses of rifampin may help patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) to survive. Pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic evaluations suggested that rifampin doses higher than 13 mg/kg given intravenously or 20 mg/kg given orally (as previously studied) are warranted to maximize treatment response. In a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase II trial, we assigned 60 adult TBM patients in Bandung, Indonesia, to standard 450 mg, 900 mg, or 1,350 mg (10, 20, and 30 mg/kg) oral rifampin com ...[more]