The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has published methods for susceptibility testing of several agents of potential bioterrorism, including Brucella anthracis, Yersinia pestis, Burkholderia mallei, B.pseudomallei, Francisella tularensis, and Brucella spp.How does CLSI suggest clinical laboratories perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing on these isolates?
A) Use the agar dilution technique.
B) Use the Kirby-Bauer method.
C) Use the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) plates.
D) Do not attempt to perform antimicrobial susceptibility on any of these isolates; refer them to a public health laboratory equipped to handle them.
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