Introduction As the Broth dilution method are time-consuming, many laboratories in the United States adopted disc diffusion tests in the early 1950s. Kirby Bauer tests also known as the Disc diffusion test is used for antibiotic susceptibility testing. Lacks of … Read more
Answer: It is a non-selective, non-differential medium. This means that almost all organisms plated on here will grow. It contains starch. Starch is known to absorb toxins released from bacteria so that they cannot interfere with the antibiotics. It also … Read more
In the treatment and control of infectious diseases, especially when caused by pathogens that are often drug-resistant, susceptibility (sensitivity) testing is used to select effective antimicrobial drugs. Susceptibility testing is not usually indicated when the susceptibility reactions of a pathogen … Read more