Rapid Microbiological Assay for 5-Fluorocytosine
- 17 November 1973
- Vol. 4 (5889), 380-382
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.4.5889.380
Abstract
A microbiological assay was developed for 5-fluorocytosine based on inhibition by the drug of the fall in pH produced by Candida albicans in a synthetic liquid culture medium. Serum and urine levels of the drug could be measured reproducibly in four hours.Keywords
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