The Primary Goal of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Is To

question 27

Multiple Choice

The primary goal of antimicrobial susceptibility testing is to:

• A)Determine whether the pathogen expresses resistance to the potential therapeutic antimicrobial agents.
• B)Determine the spectrum of an organism's intrinsic resistance.
• C)Determine whether the administered antibiotic is effective at killing the pathogen in vivo.
• D)Identify toxins secreted by bacterial pathogens isolated from a clinical specimen.