Journal des sciences biomédicales et pharmaceutiques

Clinical Usage of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration

Abstract

Xiang-Hai ai

Nowadays, the is used in antimicrobial susceptibility testing. The is reported by providing the susceptibility interpretation next to each antibiotic. The different susceptibility interpretations are: S Sensitive, I Intermediate, and These interpretations were created and implemented by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. In clinics, more often than not, exact pathogens cannot be easily determined by symptoms of the patient. Then, even if the pathogen is determined, different serotypes of pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus, have varying levels of resistance to antimicrobials.