Get to know Isoniazid better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like inh or antibacterial.
Isoniazid in a sentence
Isoniazid meaning
A synthetic, crystalline compound, C₆H₇N₃O, (trademarks Hydra, Hyzyd, Isovit, Laniazid, Nydrazid, Rimifon, Stanozide) used as a bacteriostatic medication in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis.
Synonyms of Isoniazid
Using Isoniazid
- The main meaning on this page is: A synthetic, crystalline compound, C₆H₇N₃O, (trademarks Hydra, Hyzyd, Isovit, Laniazid, Nydrazid, Rimifon, Stanozide) used as a bacteriostatic medication in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis.
- Useful related words include: inh, nydrazid, antibacterial, antibacterial drug.
- In the example corpus, isoniazid often appears in combinations such as: of isoniazid, isoniazid and, as isoniazid.
Context around Isoniazid
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Isoniazid
- In this selection, "isoniazid" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, drugs, therapy and once stand out and add context to how "isoniazid" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include action of isoniazid is still and at least isoniazid and rifampicin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "isoniazid" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with isoniazid
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Its Anti-TB products include Pyrazinamide and Isoniazid. (8 words)
Since then, drugs such as isoniazid and rifampin have been used. (11 words)
Today, we have a better prophylaxis regimen - giving Rifapentine with Isoniazid once a week for 3 months. (17 words)
About 16 per cent of the estimated 480,000 new global cases of multidrug-resistant TB (patients who do not respond to the two anti-TB drugs isoniazid and rifampin) are from India, the editorial stated. (36 words)
In 1952 (before Lurie and Salzer), Delay, with the resident Jean-Francois Buisson, reported the positive effect of isoniazid on depressed patients. citation The mode of antidepressant action of isoniazid is still unclear. (33 words)
And then came another remarkable plot twist: a thorough literature search revealed that isoniazid had in fact been discovered in 1912 by two PhD students in Prague. (27 words)
Example sentences (12)
In 1952 (before Lurie and Salzer), Delay, with the resident Jean-Francois Buisson, reported the positive effect of isoniazid on depressed patients. citation The mode of antidepressant action of isoniazid is still unclear.
He volunteered his time at Sea View for decades, testing drugs and ultimately overseeing a landmark 1951 trial of the breakthrough therapy isoniazid.
Its Anti-TB products include Pyrazinamide and Isoniazid.
About 16 per cent of the estimated 480,000 new global cases of multidrug-resistant TB (patients who do not respond to the two anti-TB drugs isoniazid and rifampin) are from India, the editorial stated.
A newer regimen, basically a combination of isoniazid with rifapentine, has showed less liver toxicity and is required to be taken for only three months.
And then came another remarkable plot twist: a thorough literature search revealed that isoniazid had in fact been discovered in 1912 by two PhD students in Prague.
A person is said to have MDR-TB when there is drug resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, the two main first-line TB drugs.
In the lab, TB bacteria already exposed to vitamin C displayed resistance to two first-line drugs — isoniazid and rifampicin — as it progressed to a dormant state.
Today, we have a better prophylaxis regimen - giving Rifapentine with Isoniazid once a week for 3 months.
In 1952, learning of the stimulating side effects of isoniazid, the Cincinnati psychiatrist Max Lurie tried it on his patients.
Since then, drugs such as isoniazid and rifampin have been used.
Where resistance to isoniazid is high, ethambutol may be added for the last four months as an alternative.
Common combinations with isoniazid
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of isoniazid 4×
- isoniazid and 4×
- as isoniazid 2×
- isoniazid is 2×
- drugs isoniazid 2×