Is Rifampin useful in treating bacterial cellulitis? My mother recently got a prescription for Rifampin and Doxyclline, both BID x 10 days. I am a pharmacist, but am not familiar with Rifampin and cellulitis. She has already been on Clindamycin and Keflex, both of which helped. The redness has almost subsided, but she still has swelling between the knee and ankle. Thanks for your response.
HelloSign you are a pharmacist, so I am writing pharmacological action of RIFAMPICIN, so that you will understand in better way. Rifampicin is bactericidal to MCO tuberculosis and many other gram positive and negative bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus (maybe the reason for cellulitis in your mother case), N.meinigitidis, H. influenza, E. coli, Kelbsiella, Psudomonas, PROTEUS & Legionella. Doxycyclin is a bacteriostatic and also broad spectrum antibiotics. So your doctor prescribed this medicine for broad spectrum coverage. I mentioned in detail because, you are a pharmacist and this will be useful for you. Good luck.