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Sep 2026
Detection of antibiotic heteroresistance in clinical microbiology: current and emerging methodologies.
BACKGROUND Antibiotic heteroresistance (HR) is characterised by the coexistence of susceptible and resistant subpopulations within an apparently isogenic bacterial isolate. Because routine antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) primarily assesses the dominant population, HR may escape detection, potentially leading...
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