Photoelectrochemical sensing of an antituberculosis drug - rifampicin. University of Antwerp
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Haieganu Cluj-Napoca, AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
Rifampicin (RIF) is an essential antibiotic from the rifamycins group, introduced for human use in 1967. The intensive use of antibiotics, including RIF, for human, veterinary and agricultural purposes, results in the continuous release of the drugs and their metabolites into the environment. This leads to the development of antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotic resistant bacteria, affecting the therapeutic effect against human and animal ...