Please Select the Statement Regarding Antimicrobial Testing That Is False

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.