rifampin and Chickenpox

Topics: Amantadine; Animals; Benzimidazoles; Chickenpox; Cytarabine; gamma-Globulins; Hepatitis, Viral, Human; Herpes Simplex; Herpes Zoster; Humans; Idoxuridine; Inosine Pranobex; Interferons; Measles; Mumps; Phosphonoacetic Acid; Ribavirin; Rifampin; Rubella; Vaccination; Vaccinia virus; Vidarabine; Virus Diseases

We report two pediatric patients with recalcitrant staphylococcal infections whose infections resolved when rifampin was added to standard antistaphylococcal therapy. One patient had a post-varicella staphylococcal ulcerative lesion and did not respond to cephalexin alone but did respond when rifampin was added. A second patient had staphylococcal bullous impetigo and did not respond to dicloxacillin or cephalexin but did respond when rifampin was added to the cephalexin. If a patient fails to respond to traditional antistaphylococcal therapy, the addition of rifampin may be beneficial.

Topics: Cephalexin; Chickenpox; Child; Drug Therapy, Combination; Hand Dermatoses; Humans; Impetigo; Male; Prospective Studies; Rifampin; Skin Diseases, Infectious; Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous; Staphylococcal Infections; Wound Infection