1483High Rate of Antibiotic Prescriptions for Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka
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Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka L. Gayani Tillekeratne, MD; Champica K. Bodinayake, MBBS, MD, MRCP; Ajith Nagahawatte, MBBS, MD; Dhammika Vidanagama, MBBS, MD; Vasantha Devasiri, MBBS, MD; Wasantha Kodikara Arachchi, MBBS, MD, MRCP, DTM&H; Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, BS, MSc; Dharshan De Silva, PhD; Truls Ostbye, MBBS, MBA, PhD; Megan E. Reller, MD, MPH, PhD; Christopher W. Woods, MD, MPH; Global Health, Duke University, Durham, NC; Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka; Microbiology, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka; Microbiology, Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka; Pediatrics, Ruhuna University, Galle, Sri Lanka; Medicine, Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka; Ruhuna University, Galle, Sri Lanka; Genetech Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Global Health, Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC; Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Global Health, Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
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