Respiratory microorganisms in acute pharyngitis patients: Identification, antibiotic prescription patterns and appropriateness, and antibiotic resistance in private primary care, central Malaysia

• Zhuang Mian Bo ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work as the co-first authors

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Wei Keat Tan ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work as the co-first authors

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Christina Shook Cheng Chong,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Munn Sann Lye,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Formerly Department of Community Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia

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• Seshatharran Parmasivam,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Shu Ting Pang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Shobha Elizabeth Satkunananthan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Hui Yee Chong,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Ameen Malek,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Batool Abdulhafidh Ahmed Mohammed Al-khazzan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Benedict Lim Heng Sim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Christopher Kwok Chong Lee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Renee Lay Hong Lim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Crystale Siew Ying Lim

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: crystalelim@ucsiuniversity.edu.my

  Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0517-0610

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