Letter to the Editor
Why routine prophylactic use of vancomycin should be recommended against
Andrzej Grzybowski MD PhD,
Andrzej Grzybowski MD PhD
Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan City Hospital, Poznan, Poland
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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Piotr Brona MD
Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan City Hospital, Poznan, Poland
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Andrzej Grzybowski MD PhD,
Andrzej Grzybowski MD PhD
Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan City Hospital, Poznan, Poland
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
Search for more papers by this author Piotr Brona MD,
Piotr Brona MD
Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan City Hospital, Poznan, Poland
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First published: 21 September 2016
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