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Emerging Moxifloxacin Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis Isolates in South India

Catherine E. OldenburgFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA
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Prajna LalithaAravind Eye Care System Madurai, Tamil NaduIndia
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Muthiah SrinivasanAravind Eye Care System Madurai, Tamil NaduIndia
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Revathi RajaramanAravind Eye Care System Coimbatore, Tamil NaduIndia
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Meenakshi RavindranAravind Eye Care System Tirunelveli, Tamil NaduiIndia
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Jeena MascarenhasAravind Eye Care System Madurai, Tamil NaduIndia
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Durga S. BorkarFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA
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Kathryn J. RayFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA
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Michael E. ZegansDartmouth Medical School Hanover, NHUSA
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Stephen D. McLeodFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA
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Travis C. PorcoFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA
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Thomas M. LietmanFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA
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Nisha R. AcharyaFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, CAUSACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 155-158 | Received 26 Oct 2012, Accepted 10 Jan 2013, Published online: 10 May 2013

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