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This Opinion article discusses the distinctions between antibiotic resistance, tolerance, and persistence in bacterial strains, emphasizing the need for clear definitions and metrics for each phenotype. It introduces the concept of the minimum duration for killing (MDK) as a quantitative measure of tolerance, which can help differentiate tolerant strains from resistant ones. The authors propose a framework for classifying bacterial responses to antibiotics based on both the minimum inhibitory concentration

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sihemhamdi04

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