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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ther Drug Monit. 2012 Aug;34(4):446–451. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e31825c4bc3

Table 1.

Isoniazid Pharmacokinetics in 151 South African Infants Receiving Isoniazid for M. Tuberculosis Prophylaxis

Week 0 Week 12 Week 84
Age (months) Median (Range) 3.34 (3.03–4.04) 6.23 (5.6–6.9) 22.97 (21.6–33.47)
Weight (kg) Median (Range) 5.8 (3.5–8.3) 7.5 (4.5–10.4) 11.6 (8.4–18.1)
NAT2 Genotype Slow Intermediate Fast Slow Intermediate Fast Slow Intermediate Fast
CL/F (L/hr) Mean (SD) 1.4 (0.55) 2.9 (2.1) 3.5 (2.05) 1.85 (0.6) 2.86 (1.87) 4.3 (1.7) 3.9 (3.6) 4.7 (2.8) 6.1 (3.1)
CL/F (L/hr/kg) Mean (SD) 0.25 (0.12) 0.51 (0.34) 0.54 (0.32) 0.25 (0.09) 0.38 (0.25) 0.61 (0.24) 0.32 (0.3) 0.43 (0.22) 0.47 (0.23)
V/F (L) Mean (SD) 5.4 (1.36) 6.7 (2.9) 6.74 (2.87) 7.35 (1.8) 6.9 (2.63) 6.8 (1.8) 13.6 (8.8) 9.8 (4.0) 9.6 (4.2)
AUC0-24 (mg*hr/L) Mean (SD) 71.6 (25.8) 42.5 (19.3) 37.8 (20.5) 61.4 (20.7) 41.1 (15.4) 25.3 (9.8) 74.7 (49) 36 (15.5) 34 (16.3)
Cmax (mg/L) Mean (SD) 11.2 (3.36) 9.09 (3.29) 9.16 (3.88) 9.7 (2.54) 8.78 (2.67) 7.2 (2.2) 10.2 (5.3) 8.7 (3.1) 9.7 (3.7)
Tmax (hr) Mean (SD) 2.09 (0.09) 2.09 (0.08) 2.06 (0.28) 1.79 (0.11) 1.8 (0.09) 1.7 (0.1) 1.67 (0.11) 1.54 (0.08) 1.54 (0.1)
T1/2 (hr) Mean (SD) 2.83 (0.41) 1.77 (0.31) 1.45 (0.28) 2.8 (0.35) 1.8 (0.25) 1.15 (1.17) 3.14 (0.99) 1.5 (0.26) 1.2 (0.2)