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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