Multiple Choice
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing should be performed when
A) a single bacterial species grows from any body site.
B) an isolate has a predictable susceptibility profile to therapeutic drugs of choice.
C) reliable standardized methods for testing a clinically significant isolate exist.
D) administering intravenous or oral antibiotics to treat an infection.
Correct Answer:
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Q3: Chromogenic cephalosporins are used to test for:<br>A)degradative/hydrolytic
Q4: Daptomycin requires free calcium for its antibacterial
Q5: AST was performed using Mueller-Hinton agar with
Q6: A bacterial suspension of 1.5× 10⁸ colony-forming
Q7: Staphylococcal resistance to oxacillin is used to
Q9: The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)result recorded in
Q10: Detection of the haze produced by some
Q11: A sputum culture from a cystic fibrosis
Q12: Enterococcal high-level gentamicin resistance predicts resistance to:<br>A)vancomycin.<br>B)aminoglycosides.<br>C)cephalosporins.<br>D)levofloxacin.
Q13: The antibiotic nitrofurantoin is effective against both