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International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Volume 1 (2014), Article ID 1:IJPSR-104, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-1502/2014/104
Research Article
An Evaluation of effectiveness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis Protocols for Pediatric Surgical Procedures in an Egyptian Teaching Hospital

Aya M. Essawy1*, Nagwa A. Sabri2 and Ayman A. Al Baghdady3

1Bachelor of pharmaceutical sciences, Misr International University,Cairo, Egypt
2Head of clinical pharmacy department, Faculty of pharmacy,Ain Shams university, cairo, Egypt
3Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Aya M. Essawy, Bachelor of pharmaceutical sciences, Misr International University,Cairo, Egypt; E-mail: aya.essawy@gmail.com
10 August 2014; 20 September 2014; 22 September 2014
Essawy AM, Sabri NA, Al Baghdady AA (2014) An Evaluation of effectiveness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis Protocols for Pediatric Surgical Procedures in an Egyptian Teaching Hospital. Int J Pharm Sci Res 1: 104. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-1502/2014/104
© 2014 Essawy et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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