The decision to perform susceptibility testing depends on
A) the clinical significance of a bacterial isolate.
B) the predictability of a bacterial isolate's susceptibility to the antimicrobial agents most commonly used against them.
C) availability of reliable standardized methods for testing the isolate.
D) All of the above are correct.
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Q1: The interpretive criteria for categories of susceptible,
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.
Q6: In the microdilution broth dilution method, the
Q7: The primary goal of antimicrobial susceptibility testing
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
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