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Antimicrobials: Susceptibility Testing
Published Online: 19 APR 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0001994
Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Williams, J. D. 2001. Antimicrobials: Susceptibility Testing. eLS. .
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Abstract
The ability of bacteria to resist the damaging effects of antimicrobials may be a normal characteristic of a particular species or may be acquired by a variety of genetic changes. Testing of bacteria to determine whether or not resistance is present is called susceptibility testing because the most frequent reasons for carrying out such tests is to monitor antibiotics to confirm that they are suitable for treatment of bacteria isolated from individual patients.
Keywords:
- antimicrobials;
- susceptibility testing;
- antibiotic resistance;
- inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics
