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87184 Sternoclavicular std disk method per plate

Pathology & Lab

Also known as: disk diffusion, Kirby-Bauer, zone diameter, disk method susceptibility

Susceptibility testing of cultured organisms using disk diffusion method with measurement of zone diameter around antibiotic disks per individual antimicrobial agent.

Clinical Context

Most common and economical method for routine susceptibility testing. Standard method for most aerobic bacteria in clinical microbiology laboratories.

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Specialties

pathologymicrobiologyclinical laboratory

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