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Mass Phenotyping of Isoniazid Inactivators by Automated Determination of Acetylisoniazid in Urine

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1974

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Abstract An automated procedure is described for phenotyping isoniazid inactivators. The method is based on the color reaction produced by N-acetylisoniazid in aqueous solution, as described by Eidus and Hamilton [Amer. Rev. Resp. Dis. 89, 587 (1964)]. Maximum sampling rate is 60 samples per hour. Results of this procedure correlated well (r = 0.987) with those of a manual phenotyping method.