Estimating the postantibiotic effect: a two-phase mathematical model.
The postantibiotic effect (PAE) is a suppression of bacterial growth that persists after a short exposure to antimicrobials. The active antibiotic delays the resumption of normal growth. This suppression of bacterial growth following antibiotic removal is described by a two-phase model. The quantification of PAE is a function of the model parameters, for which consistent and asymptotically normal estimators are available.
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