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Repackaging of antibiotics was common. Almost all samples of amoxicillin were dispensed either as loose capsules in a plastic bag or as blister-packed capsules with no box or insert. The rightmost bag shows a product that was sold as amoxicillin but is packaged in red and black capsules that are normally used for ampicillin. This product was confirmed to be amoxicillin, so it is not a falsified product. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
