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Local treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus conjunctivitis with short-term high-concentrated minocycline ointment

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, and by a research grant from the Osaka Eye Bank Foundation grant, Suita, Japan (Dr. Inoue).

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Room E7, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan

    Eriko Ikeda, Tomoyuki Inoue & Naoyuki Maeda

  2. Clinical Laboratory, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Japan

    Seishi Asari & Masahiro Toyokawa

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan

    Yuichi Hori

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Ikeda, E., Inoue, T., Asari, S. et al. Local treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus conjunctivitis with short-term high-concentrated minocycline ointment. Jpn J Ophthalmol 55, 576–578 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10384-011-0059-6

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