disk-diffusion method

Accession NCIT:85595
Synonym(s)Kirby-Bauer disk assay
DefinitionA method to determine microbial susceptibility to antibiotics wherein bacteria are inoculated onto agar plates and the antimicrobial agent diffused onto the agar plate from a filter paper disk. An approximate, but not exact, MIC is determined by the diameter of growth inhibition zones. This method has been found to have good correlation between in-vivo data and in-vitro data.
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Publications

Balouiri M, et al. 2016. J Pharm Anal 6(2):71-79 Methods forevaluating antimicrobial activity: A review. (PMID 29403965)

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