When Should Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Be Performed on a Bacterial

question 41

Multiple Choice

When should antimicrobial susceptibility testing be performed on a bacterial isolate from a clinical specimen?

• A) When the isolate is determined to be a probable cause of the patient's infection
• B) When the susceptibility of the isolate to particular antimicrobial agents cannot be reliably predicted
• C) When the organism is part of the normal microbiota
• D) Both A and B

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