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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Rectal Administration of Rifampicin and Isoniazid Suppositories: An Alternative Approach for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in a Patient with Multiple Comorbidities.

Ioana Munteanu, Beatrice Burdușel, Catalin Constantin Coca, Dănuț Zisu, Constantin Gheorghevici, George Alexandru Diaconu, Diana Georgiana Stan, Nicolae Feraru, Andrei Tivda, Cristian George Popa and 2 more

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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12 authors.

Ioana MunteanuFaculty of Medicine, Titu Maiorescu University, 040441 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7986-8731
Beatrice Burdușel"Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumophtisiology, 050159 Bucharest, Romania.
Catalin Constantin Coca"Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumophtisiology, 050159 Bucharest, Romania.
Dănuț Zisu"Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumophtisiology, 050159 Bucharest, Romania.
Constantin Gheorghevici"Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumophtisiology, 050159 Bucharest, Romania.
George Alexandru Diaconu"Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumophtisiology, 050159 Bucharest, Romania.
Diana Georgiana Stan"Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumophtisiology, 050159 Bucharest, Romania.
Nicolae Feraru"Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumophtisiology, 050159 Bucharest, Romania.
Andrei Tivda"Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumophtisiology, 050159 Bucharest, Romania.
Cristian George Popa"Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumophtisiology, 050159 Bucharest, Romania.
Florin Dumitru Mihălțan"Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumophtisiology, 050159 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5936-9545
Corina MargineanFaculty of Medicina, George Emil Palade University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Science and Technology, 540142 Târgu Mureș, Romania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article reports the case of a patient with a gastric neoplasm and total gastrectomy, presenting with severe digestive intolerance, who developed peritoneal and pulmonary tuberculosis. Standard treatment could not be administered. Therefore, treatment was initiated with isoniazid and rifampicin suppositories, and intravenous levofloxacin and amikacin, with significant remission of the digestive symptomatology. Although treatment with rifampicin suppositories has demonstrated efficacy in tuberculosis, it is rarely used in practice. This case highlights the importance of individualizing tuberculosis treatment and demonstrates that rectal administration of isoniazid and rifampicin suppositories, combined with intravenous levofloxacin and amikacin, was successfully used to treat tuberculosis in a patient with severe digestive intolerance, highlighting a potential alternative regimen when standard oral therapy is not feasible.

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isoniazidperitonealrectal suppositoriesrifampicintuberculosis

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PMID40430200
PMCPMC12112905

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