antimicrobial sensitivity test

antimicrobial sensitivity test
antimicrobial susceptibility test any of numerous tests of how susceptible bacteria are to antimicrobial agents; the bacteria are classified as either sensitive or susceptible, indeterminate or intermediate, or resistant. Called also antibiotic sensitivity or antibiotic susceptibility t.

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