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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2013; 19(8): 1271-1277
Published online Feb 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i8.1271
Effect of alternative antibiotics in treatment of cefotaxime resistant spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Ahmed Abouelkhair Badawy, Tarik Ibrahim Zaher, Samar Mahmoud Sharaf, Mohamed Hassan Emara, Noha Elsaid Shaheen, Talaat Fathy Aly
Ahmed Abouelkhair Badawy, Tarik Ibrahim Zaher, Mohamed Hassan Emara, Noha Elsaid Shaheen, Talaat Fathy Aly, Department of Tropical Medicine, Zagazig University Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
Samar Mahmoud Sharaf, Department of Clinical Pathology, Zagazig University Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
Author contributions: Badawy AA, Zaher TI, Emara MH, Shaheen NE and Aly TF shared in study design and recuited the patients; Sharaf SM collected the samples and performed all laboratory work up; all authors shared in literature review analysis, writing the manuscript, manuscript revision and approval.
Correspondence to: Dr. Mohamed Hassan Emara, MD, Department of Tropical Medicine, Zagazig University Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig 44519, Egypt. emara_20007@yahoo.com
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Received: September 14, 2012
Revised: October 16, 2012
Accepted: November 11, 2012
Published online: February 28, 2013
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