PHARM MED ORG: Narrow spectrum, orally active

Used in combination with Amphotericin B for the treatment
of systemic mycoses and meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida

Question

Narrow spectrum, orally active

Used in combination with Amphotericin B for the treatment
of systemic mycoses and meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida

Dwight Obillos · Accepted Answer

Nucleoside Antifungals: Flucytosine

Other Names: 
5-Fluorocytosine, 5-FC,
4-amino-5-Fluoro-2(1H)-pyrimidinenone,
2-hydroxy-4-amino-5-fluoropyrimidine (Ancobon)

Narrow spectrum, orally active Used in combination with Amphotericin B for the treatment of systemic mycoses and meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida