Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1715-1718 , October 2009

One-day application of topical moxifloxacin 0.5% to select for fluoroquinolone-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus

Received 10 September 2008 ,Revised 20 April 2009 ,Accepted 21 April 2009.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented in part at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, May 2005.

 Supported by the Hannelore-Georg Zimmermann Foundation, Munich, Germany.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00598-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.04.042

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1715-1718 , October 2009

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