Most of these diseases are self limiting and respond to a short course of treatment. Chlamydia frequently starts in one eye and spreads to the other. Conjunctival swabs or scraps can show the organism and specific tests can be done to identify it. Chlamydia usually responds to appropriate antibiotics. Herpes virus can cause sinusitis, conjunctivis, and corneal ulcerations.
Herpes viruses can have a chronic course and recur during periods of stress.
Chloramphenicol is a powerful antibiotic with a broad spectrum against many bacterial. The drug does have the ability to suppress the bone marrow response causing blood dyscrasias. The most common of these effects is known as aplastic anemia. This disease can be fatal in people, but is relatively rare in dogs and cats. We generally see reversible bone marrow suppression in cats and dogs.