LP6105-3
Agar diffusion
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Description
A specific concentration of organism from a culture isolate is applied to an agar plate. Discs of absorbent material to which specific concentrations of antibiotic have been added are placed on the agar. The agar plate is incubated to allow the isolate to grow on the plate in the presence of the antibiotic. If the organism grows to the edge of the impregnated disc, the organism is resistant to that antibiotic. If an area surrounds the disc where growth of the organism has be inhibited, the organism may be susceptible to the antibiotic on the disc. The length of area of inhibition can be measured and compared to standards to determine if the organism is susceptible, intermediate, or resistant to the antibiotic.[Balouiri, Mounyr., Sadiki, Moulay., Ibnsouda, Saad Koraichi. "Methods for in vitro evaluating antimicrobial activity: A review". Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis. Volume 6 (2016): Pages 71-79.] Source: Regenstrief LOINC
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Agar diffusion
- Part Display Name
- Disk diffusion (KB)
- Part Type
- Method (Describes the method by which the test was performed)
- Created On
- 2000-05-03
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- KB
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 琼脂扩散法 Synonyms: KB 法; |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Diffusion sur plaques |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Difusión en disco; |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Agar diffusione Synonyms: Disco diffusione (KB) Kirby-Bauer |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Agar difüzyon |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | agardiffusie |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Diffusion sur plaques Synonyms: Diffusion en agar, précipitation en agar |
| fr-FR | French (France) | Diffusion gel Agar |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | dyfuzja w żelu |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Διάχυση με άγαρ Synonyms: Διάχυση με άγαρ |
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