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Drug Resistance Status
Definition 1
The determination of whether the microbe or lesion is resistant to drugs normally used in treatment. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
The state or condition of not responding to a pharmacological agent. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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