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minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC)
Generally used in reference to a concentration of therapeutic agent necessary to inhibit growth of pathogen.
Methods:
1) agar diffusion
a) cumbersome
b) useful for anaerobes
2) microbroth dilution
a) most common method
b) generally automated & customized
3) E-test
a) expensive
b) applicable for individual isolates
4) disc diffusion
a) older method
b) gives qualitative result only
Specific
Epsilometer Test (Etest)
General
antibiotic sensitivity (Kirby-Bauer susceptibility testing)
References
- Diagnostic History & Physical Examination in Medicine, Chan &
Winkle, Current Clinical Strategies, Laguna Hills, CA 1996
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
- Susceptiblity, MIC Individual
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