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Infectious keratitis caused by fluoroquinolone-resistant Corynebacterium

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Hirokoji-agaru, Kawaramachi-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-0841, Japan

    Akiko Fukumoto, Chie Sotozono, Osamu Hieda & Shigeru Kinoshita

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Fukumoto, A., Sotozono, C., Hieda, O. et al. Infectious keratitis caused by fluoroquinolone-resistant Corynebacterium. Jpn J Ophthalmol 55, 579–580 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10384-011-0052-0

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