Effect of hepatic insufficiency on 5-fluorocytosine concentrations in serum

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1973 Jan;3(1):141-2. doi: 10.1128/AAC.3.1.141.

Abstract

Hepatic function failed to influence serum concentrations of the antifungal agent 5-fluorocytosine when the drug was given intravenously to rabbits with CCl(4)-induced hepatic insufficiency or orally to a patient with postnecrotic cirrhosis.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / blood*
  • Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning / blood
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / blood
  • Cytosine / blood*
  • Flucytosine / blood
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / blood
  • Liver Diseases / blood*
  • Rabbits
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Cytosine
  • Flucytosine