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flucytosine
[floo-sahy-tuh-seen]
noun
Pharmacology.
a synthetic whitish crystalline powder, C 4 H 4 FN 3 O, with antifungal activity, used in the treatment of systemic and eye fungal infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida or Cryptococcus.
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Origin of flucytosine1
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Used to treat cryptococcal meningitis, flucytosine costs $2,000 a day in the United States, versus $22 a day in Britain.
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Get this: Valeant charges Americans almost 100 times more for flucytosine than it does Britons.
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