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DISCUSSION: Antibiotic Susceptibility Test - Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion Test

DISCUSSION: Antibiotic Susceptibility Test - Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion Test

Q POINT ONE : What is the definition of the term sensitive/ susceptible? How do you detect that your organism is sensitive or resistant on the Muller Hinton Plate? What is the definition of the term Resistant? How do you detect that your microorganism is resistant to a certain antibiotic? What do you see on the Muller Hinton Agar plate? POINT TWO: the presenter point out that the technician on the right of the screen is making NINE errors in performing the experiment/ handling the material. Please look for those errors and DISCUSS.

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Susceptible: A bacterial strain is referred as susceptible for an antibiotic when it is inhibited in vitro by a concentration of this drug that is associated with a high therapeutic success.