rifamycin

rifamycin
rif·a·my·cin (rĭf'ə-mīʹsĭn) n.
Any of a group of antibiotics originally isolated from a strain of the soil microorganism Streptomyces mediterranei, used in the treatment of leprosy, tuberculosis, and other bacterial diseases.
  [Alteration of rifomycin: probably Italian rifo(rmare), to reform (ri-, again, from Latin re-; see re- + formare, to form from Latin fōrmāre. See reform) + -mycin.]

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