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Shifting the Paradigm for Promoting Appropriate Antibiotic Use

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, 3333 California Street, Box 0320, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0320, USA

    Ralph Gonzales MD, MSPH

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Joshua P. Metlay MD, PhD

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Gonzales, R., Metlay, J.P. Shifting the Paradigm for Promoting Appropriate Antibiotic Use. J GEN INTERN MED 28, 756–757 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2444-y

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