Please Select the Statement Regarding Antimicrobial Testing That Is False

question 30

Multiple Choice

Please select the statement regarding antimicrobial testing that is False.

• A) Commercial tests for determining antimicrobial sensitivity are less labor-intensive and often more rapid than conventional tests.
• B) Disc diffusion tests can determine whether an organism is susceptible, intermediate, or resistant to a variety of different antimicrobials.
• C) The MIC and the MBC are quantitative measures of a bacterial strain's susceptibility to an antimicrobial medication.
• D) In the Kirby-Bauer test, the clear area in which there is no visible growth of bacteria is called a zone of inhibition.
• E) In the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion test, a clear zone around the antibiotic disc following incubation indicates that the antibiotic is bactericidal.

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