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Original Article

Oral ketoconazole therapy for experimental Candida albicans keratitis in rabbits

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Pages 323-330 | Accepted 10 Apr 1984, Published online: 09 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Oral ketoconazole (100 mg daily for 3 weeks) markedly reduced the severity of experimental Candida albicans keratitis in a group of 10 rabbits. Clinical scores of affected eyes were statistically significantly lower in the treated group than in a control group of 10 untreated rabbits. All cultures of corneal scrapings in the treated eyes were negative on the 15th day after the inoculation, whilst three positive cultures were still obtained on the 21st day in the control animals. Histopathological examination of eyes from treated and untreated rabbits showed great differences in the intensity of inflammatory changes in the two groups.

Zusammenfassung

Orales Ketoconazol (100 mg täglich während drei Wochen) reduzierte markant den Schweregrad von Candida albicans Keratitis bei einer Gruppe von 10 Kaninchen. Die klinischen Werte der befallenen Augen waren bei den behandelten Tieren signifikant niedriger als bei den Kontrolltieren. Am 15. Tag nach der Inokulation waren alle Kulturen des Cornea Untersuchungsmaterial negativ bei den behandelten Tieren, wogegen noch am 21. Tag nach der Inokulation bei drei der Kontrolltieren die Kulturen positiv waren. Bei der histopathologischen Untersuchung der Augen konnten zwischen den Augen der behandelten und den Augen der unbehandelten Tiere grosse Unterschiede in bezug auf die Intensität der entzündlichen Veränderungen beobachtet werden.

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