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Antibiotics (ABs) have been regarded as powerful medications to treat or prevent bacterial infections. The antibiotic resistance though, is one of daunting challenges of our time which has been attributed to the overuse of these drugs and usage of antibiotic-contaminated food resources. Developing rapid and visual detection methods capable of simultaneously monitoring Abs is highly desired due to their harmful effects on human health. In the present study, we have designed a colorimetric sensor array consisting of two types of gold nanoparticles (i.e., Citrate-capped gold nanoparticles (Cit-AuNPs) and Borohydride-capped gold nanoparticles (BH4-AuNPs) for the discrimination and determination...