[Itraconazole in the treatment of ophthalmomycoses].

The method and results of the use of itrakonazol, a new antifungal agent of the imidazol class, in the treatment of fungal diseases of the eye are described. The clinical trials involved 50 patients with various clinical forms of ophthalmomycosis: 27 patients with fungal affection of the cornea, 3 patients with fungal endophthalmitis, 8 patients with fungal canaliculitis, 3 patients with fungal blepharitis and 9 patients with fungal conjunctivitis. The clinical trials showed that itraconazole had a sufficiently high antifungal activity in the treatment of the ophthalmomycoses. The drug is low toxic and well tolerated.