Rifabutin
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| Rifabutin | |
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| Term | Rifabutin |
| Short definition | Rifabutin - (pronounced) (RIH-fuh-BYOO-tin) drug used to prevent the spread of a bacterium used in patients with advanced HIV infection (the virus that causes AIDS). It blocks an enzyme that bacteria need to grow. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Rifabutin - (pronounced) (RIH-fuh-BYOO-tin) drug used to prevent the spread of a bacterium used in patients with advanced HIV infection (the virus that causes AIDS). It blocks an enzyme that bacteria need to grow. It's a type of antibiotic. Also called mycobutin
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