L Gayani Tillekeratne
L Gayani Tillekeratne
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Assistant Research Professor, Global Health
Gayani Tillekeratne, MD MSc is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and at the Duke Global Health Institute. Her work focuses on the improving the diagnosis and management of acute respiratory tract infections globally, with the goal of improving antimicrobial use for these infections. She is co-director of the Ruhuna-Duke Centre for Infectious Diseases in Sri Lanka and works with colleagues in Southeast Asia and East Africa. She is a co-investigator in several US clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. She co-instructs a course on Infectious Disease Epidemiology in Global Settings.
Courses
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GLHLTH 777
Infectious Disease Epidemiology in Global Settings – Surveillance, Prevention, & Control
Projects
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Partnership for Enhancing Antimicrobial Use in Resource-Limited Settings (PEARL)
Kenya, Sri Lanka, Tanzania
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A One Health approach to antibiotic-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in South Asia
Sri Lanka
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Antibiotic-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in community-acquired urinary tract infections, southern Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Novel Diagnostics to Improve Antimicrobial Stewardship for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Resource-Limited Settings
Sri Lanka
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Surveillance for severe dengue in southern Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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ACTIV-1 (COVID-19 therapeutic trial)
United States
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RADx-UP CDCC (COVID-19 diagnostics)
United States
Publications
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Rolfe R, Kwobah C, Muro F, Ruwanpathirana A, Lyamuya F, Bodinayake C, et al. Barriers to implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in three low- and middle-income country tertiary care settings: findings from a multi-site qualitative study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2021 Mar 25;10(1):60.
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Zhang HL, Bodinayake C, Wijayaratne GB, Jayatissa P, Piyasiri DLB, Kurukulasooriya R, et al. Point-prevalence survey of outpatient antibiotic prescription at a tertiary medical center in Sri Lanka: opportunities to improve prescribing practices for respiratory illnesses. Bmc Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 21;21(1):97.
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Vanderburg S, Wijayaratne G, Danthanarayana N, Jayamaha J, Piyasiri B, Halloluwa C, et al. Outbreak of severe acute respiratory infection in Southern Province, Sri Lanka in 2018: a cross-sectional study. Bmj Open. 2020 Nov 6;10(11):e040612.
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Shoff CJ, Townsend ML, Tillekeratne LG, Schulteis RD, Yarrington ME, Turner NA, et al. Improved empiric antibiotic prescribing for acute cystitis with use of local urinary antibiogram and clinical decision support system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Nov;41(11):1351–3.
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