Normal ocular flora in newborns delivered in two hospital centers in Argentina and Paraguay.

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Published in Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol on May 24, 2005

Authors

Marcus Eder1, Norma Fariña, Rosa R Sanabria, Christopher N Ta, Michael Koss, Margarita Samudio, Cristina Cuevas, Andrés Gines, Manuel Simancas, Volker Klauss, Herminia Miño de Kaspar

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.

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