Intravitreous Miconazole-Reply

In Reply.  —We thank Dr Peyman for his remarks on our article. However, we find it surprising that, in unpublished data, he noted no in vivo effect of miconazole in the management of experimental C albicans endophthalmitis. Although our article did not deal with the efficacy of miconazole, we find his observations contrary to those of others. For example, Jones¹ proved the efficacy of miconazole and ketaconazole in the treatment of various forms of oculomycosis. Foster² reported that miconazole and ketaconazole were effective in the treatment of Candida and Aspergillus corneal ulcers. In their research Osato et al³ found ketaconazole to be effective in the treatment of Candida endophthalmitis produced in animals. The finding of Osato et al is particularly interesting because of Peyman's comment that flucytosine and ketaconazole lack effectiveness against Candida in vivo.We would like to add that miconazole has been an important addition to