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    Efeito terapêutico da aplicação intra-ocular de ozônio em modelo experimental de endoftalmite por Staphylococcus epidermidis em coelhos
    (Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2004-08-01) Lake, Jonathan Clive; Felberg, Sergio; Malavazzi, Gustavo Ricci [UNIFESP]; Goulart, Denise Atique [UNIFESP]; Nishiwaki-dantas, Maria Cristina; Dantas, Paulo Elias Correa; Santa Casa Departamento de Oftalmologia Seção de Córnea e Doenças Externas; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    PURPOSE: To evaluate the anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effect of intraocular ozone diluted in BSS on experimental Staphylococcus epidermidis endophthalmitis. METHODS: We injected 0.1ml of S. epidermidis colonies (10(5) colonies/ml) to produce experimental endophthalmitis in the right eyes of 17 New Zealand rabbits. Seven rabbits were assigned to a control group and received an intravitreal injection of 0.1ml BSS. Ten rabbits were treated with intravitreal injection of 0.1ml BSS-diluted ozone (2 ppm). Data were distributed according to clinical and histological findings after 24 hours, each rabbit receiving a score. Mean scores and standard deviations were compared using the two-sample t test. RESULTS: Mean clinical score for the control group was 11.14 ± 1.04. Mean clinical score for the treated group was 4.90 ± 1.29, which was significantly lower (p<0.01). Mean histological scores were, respectively, 17.00+ 0.57 and 10.20 ±1.30 for the control group and the treated group. The histological scores were significantly lower for the treated group (p<0.01). All cultures in both control and ozone groups were positive after 24 hours of experiment. CONCLUSION: Treatment with diluted ozone significantly reduced the inflammatory reaction in our model of experimental endophthalmitis. This probably occurred due to a decrease in bacterial content after ozone injection. It is necessary to study other ozone concentrations in different experimental models in order to determine ozone efficacy with a higher precision.