Your distinction is correct however the speed at which resistance can be developed can make the difference irrelevant. An individual (or the bacterium in an in

Your distinction is correct however the speed at which resistance can be developed can make the difference irrelevant. An individual (or the bacterium in an individual) can develop a resistance to a antibiotic in as little as two weeks. In the last month of my treatment the docs were running cultures back to back (every 7 days) to make I (the bacteria with which I was colonized?) wasn't becoming resistant to the Vancomycin. My infection was particularly hard to kill because the surgical screws had carried the infection deep into the bone (osteomyelitis).