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Activated efflux systems contribute to bacterial persistence. Different from cell dormancy, bacterial persisters can also employ efflux pumps with enhanced activities to defend antibiotic killing by exporting intracellular antibiotics, resulting in lower intracellular concentration of drugs that enable bacteria to survive.
