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Pharmacokinetics of isoniazid in low-birth-weight and premature infants.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2014
Bekker A, Schaaf H S, Seifart H I, Draper H R, Werely C J, Cotton M F, Hesseling A C
Abstract excerpt
Isoniazid (INH) is recommended for use as posttuberculosis exposure preventive therapy in children. However, no pharmacokinetic data are available for INH treatment in low-birth-weight (LBW) infants, who undergo substantial developmental and physiological changes. Our objectives in this study were to determine the pharmacokinetic parameters of INH at a dose of 10 mg/kg of body weight/day and to define its...
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