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Addition of Rifampin to Cephalexin Therapy for Recalcitrant Staphylococcal Skin Infections—An Observation

Departments of Pediatrics and Family Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center

Karen E. Pond

Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT

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.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 35, No. 4, 205-208 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/000992289603500405


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