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'''Enilconazole'''
 
'''Enilconazole'''
 
* It is not absorbed after oral dosing and so has a wide safety margin.
 
* It is not absorbed after oral dosing and so has a wide safety margin.
* It is only liscensed for topical ringworm treatment, but has been used off-liscense (following the cascade) for ''Malassezia pachydermatitis'' infections and nasal aspegillosis.
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* It is only licensed for topical ringworm treatment, but has been used off-license (following the cascade) for ''Malassezia pachydermatitis'' infections and nasal aspergillosis.
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* It is metabolised by the liver into inactive compounds that are then excreted in bile.
 
* It is metabolised by the liver into inactive compounds that are then excreted in bile.
 
* It has been used for deep mycoses therapy, treatment of ringworm and nasal aspergillosis.
 
* It has been used for deep mycoses therapy, treatment of ringworm and nasal aspergillosis.
* Toxicity is low but can result in inappetance, pruritis, alopecia and lightening of hair.
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* Toxicity is low but can result in inappetance, pruritus, alopecia and lightening of hair.
 
* It has been known to be tetragenic and embryotoxic and so shouldn't be used with pregnant animals.
 
* It has been known to be tetragenic and embryotoxic and so shouldn't be used with pregnant animals.
      
===Triazoles===
 
===Triazoles===
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==Griseofluvin==
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==Griseofulvin==
 
* This drug is a natural antifungal produced by ''Penicillium griseofulvum'', it works by interacting with fungal microtubules and halts mitosis and so is '''fungistatic'''.
 
* This drug is a natural antifungal produced by ''Penicillium griseofulvum'', it works by interacting with fungal microtubules and halts mitosis and so is '''fungistatic'''.
 
* It has a narrow spectrum of activity only really inhibiting the growth of dermatophytes.
 
* It has a narrow spectrum of activity only really inhibiting the growth of dermatophytes.
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* It is eliminated by hepatic metabolism.
 
* It is eliminated by hepatic metabolism.
 
* It is '''teratogenic''', so should never be given to pregnant animals. It can exacerbate liver damage and so function should be monitored. There have been reports in cats of bone marrow toxicity.
 
* It is '''teratogenic''', so should never be given to pregnant animals. It can exacerbate liver damage and so function should be monitored. There have been reports in cats of bone marrow toxicity.
      
==Flucytosine==
 
==Flucytosine==
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*[[Fungi|Fungal infections]]
 
*[[Fungi|Fungal infections]]
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