23^rd European Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Organ Toxicology

Organ toxins are chemicals that can cause adverse effects or disease states manifested in specific organs of the body. Toxins do not affect all organs in the body to the same extent due to their different cell structures. The accumulation of antimicrobial drugs and their metabolic by products in organs can be toxic, leading to organ damage. Antimicrobial drugs can have unintended side effects, including being toxic to organs.The liver and kidney are particularly susceptible to organ toxicity as they are the sites of toxin filtration and toxin metabolic breakdown.