Comparative efficacy of two different topical povidone-iodine 5% regimens in reducing conjunctival bacterial flora: A randomized parallel double-masked clinical trial

• Letícia Fernandes Barroso,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo–USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Sarah Pereira Cazella,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo–USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Antonio Brunno Nepomuceno,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo–USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Luiza Toscano,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo–USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Liliane Ângela de Souza Castilho,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo–USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Eloísa Marcela Rueda Furlan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo–USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

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• André Messias,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo–USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Ingrid U. Scott,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America, Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America

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• Rodrigo Jorge

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rjorge@fmrp.usp.br

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo–USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2652-0720

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