14.6 Flashcards
1
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kirby-bauer disk diffusion
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helps determine the susceptibility of a microorganism to various antimicrobial drugs
2
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zones of inhibition
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must be correlated to known standards to determine susceptibility and resistance and do not provide information on bactericidal versus bacteriostatic activity or allow for direct comparison of drug potencies
3
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antibiograms
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useful for monitoring local trends in antimicrobial resistance or susceptibility and for directing appropriate selection of empiric antibacterial therapy
4
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minimum inhibitory concentration
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the lowest concentration of drug that inhibits visible bacterial growth
5
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minimal bactericidal concentration
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the lowest drug concentration that kills >99.9 of the starting inoculum.
