When Should Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Be Performed on a Bacterial

question 39

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)Both a and b
• D)None of the above

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Definitions:

Unidirectional Correlation

A correlation where an increase in one variable is consistently associated with an increase or decrease in another variable, without reversals in direction.

One-tailed Hypothesis

A hypothesis that specifies the direction of an expected difference or relationship, testing for the possibility of an effect in one direction only.

Two-tailed Hypothesis

A hypothesis test that considers both directions of effects by investigating the possibility of a relationship in two ways, either greater than or less than.

Valid Hypothesis

A scientifically grounded assertion that can be tested through empirical research or experimentation to be either supported or refuted.