Concept information
Preferred term
disk diffusion antimicrobial test
Type
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Topic
Definition
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A method where a culturing surface inoculated with microbe is exposed to small disks containing known amounts of a chemical agent resulting in a zone of inhibition (usually in millimeters) of growth of the microbe corresponding to the susceptibility of the strain to the agent.
Source: Medical Subject Headings 2017
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Synonyms
- agar disk diffusion susceptibility test
- Bauer-Kirby disk diffusion method
- disk diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility test
- disk diffusion assay
- disk diffusion method
- disk diffusion susceptibility test
- disk diffusion test
In other languages
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/299742
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