The primary goal of antimicrobial susceptibility testing is to
A) determine whether the pathogen is capable of expressing resistance to the potential choices of antimicrobial agents.
B) determine the extent of an organism's intrinsic resistance.
C) determine in vivo whether the administered antibiotic is killing the pathogen.
D) All of the above are correct.
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Q2: Enterococcal resistance to ampicillin predicts resistance to
A)vancomycin.
B)aminoglycosides.
C)cephalosporins.
D)amikacin.
Q3: Criteria for establishing a bacterial isolate as
Q4: Enterococcal high-level gentamicin resistance predicts resistance to
A)vancomycin.
B)aminoglycosides.
C)cephalosporins.
D)amikacin.
Q5: The decision to perform susceptibility testing depends
Q6: In the microdilution broth dilution method, the
Q8: The serum bactericidal test (SBT) involves
A)subculturing the
Q9: Staphylococcal resistance to oxacillin is used to
Q10: Chromogenic cephalosporins are used to test for
A)the
Q11: In the disk diffusion method of antimicrobial
Q12: Growth on the oxacillin agar screen means
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