Bacterial contamination of surgical instruments in 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy: Incidence and risk factors

• Fumiya Miyako,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4969-3613

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• Yosuke Harada ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yharada@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9827-4963

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• Tomona Hiyama,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Seiya Kashiyama,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Support, Clinical Laboratory Division, Hiroshima University‌‌, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Saori Kawamoto,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Chika Yokota,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Akira Minamoto,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Hiroki Ota,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Ayako Sadahide,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Kazuyuki Hirooka,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Taiichiro Chikama,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Hirokazu Sakaguchi

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0631-9242

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