Pharmacokinetics of favipiravir during continuous venovenous haemofiltration in a critically ill patient with influenza.

Favipiravir is a novel antiviral drug approved for influenza treatment in Japan. Little is known about favipiravir pharmacokinetics in critically ill patients. Here, we report a patient with influenza treated with favipiravir and undergoing continuous venovenous haemofiltration (CVVH) on the Intensive Care Unit of a tertiary hospital in the Netherlands.