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Oral treatment with ketoconazole prevented and cured artificial crop candidosis of the turkey, vaginal candidosis of the rat and skin candidosis of the guinea-pig. It was also highly effective against artificial systemic candidosis of the guinea-pig and chicken as well as against dermatophytoses of the guinea-pig.
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This work was supported by the ‘Instituut tot Aanmoediging van het Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek in Nijverheid en Landbouw’.
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Thienpont, D., Van Cutsem, J., Van Gerven, F. et al. Ketoconazole — a new broad spectrum orally active antimycotic. Experientia 35, 606–607 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01960348
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