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Original Research

Bacterial Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Bacterial Keratitis at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh

Abdulrahman Almizel1 College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fahad A Alsuhaibani1 College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Abdulrahman M Alkaff1 College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed S Alsaleh1 College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Samir M AL-Mansouri2 Department of Ophthalmology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Pages 2547-2552 | Published online: 20 Dec 2019

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