An Important Requirement for Appropriate Inoculum Preparation in Susceptibility Testing

question 36

Multiple Choice

An important requirement for appropriate inoculum preparation in susceptibility testing includes the use of a(n) :

• A)pure culture.
• B)single isolated colony.
• C)variety of colony morphotypes.
• D)inoculum equivalent to the bacterial burden at the site of infection.

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Definitions:

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