a soluble colourless crystalline compound used to treat tuberculosis. Formula: C6H7N3O
Word origin
C20 isoni(cotinic acid hydr)azid(e)
Examples of 'isoniazide' in a sentence
isoniazide
Treatment with rifampicin, isoniazide and pyridoxine was started.
Luciana Duarte Rodrigues, Luciana Lucci Serracarbassa, Haley Rosa, Yoshitaka Nakashima,Pedro Durães Serracarbassa 2007, 'Tumor vasoproliferativo associado à tuberculose ocular presumida: relato de caso Vasoproliferativetumor associated with presumed ocular tuberculosis: case report', Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492007000300025. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Resistance to rifamipicine, isoniazide, injectables, and fluoroquinolones was tested by phenotypic(live strains) or genotypic methods (inactivated strains).
Géraldine Daneau, Mourad Gumusboga, Pim De Rijk, Arnaud Trebucq, Leen Rigouts, ArmandVan Deun, Bouke C de Jong 2016, 'The majority of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Sub-Saharan Africapresent a concomitant resistance to pyrazinamide', International Journal of Mycobacteriologyhttp://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2016;volume=5;issue=5;spage=46;epage=47;aulast=Daneau. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Patients recovered completely following therapy with rifampicin 600 mg plus isoniazide 300 mg daily for 45 days.
Carmen Cantisani, Antonio Richetta, Andrea Bitonti, Pietro Curatolo, Gianfranco Ferretti,Carlo Mattozzi, Luca Melis, Emidio Silvestri, Stefano Calvieri 2010, 'Recurrent cutaneous abscesses in two Italian family members', Infectious Disease Reportshttp://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/idr/article/view/1646. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)