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Course: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (Fleming Fund F)
Glossary: Glossary
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Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)A
US-based organisation that promotes international laboratory standards and
guidelines for performing antibiotic susceptibility tests. |
clinical breakpointA discriminating concentration used in the interpretation of susceptibility tests to define isolates as susceptible or resistant. |
control strainsBacterial
isolates of known antibiotic sensitivity profile included in antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) to ensure that
the test is performed correctly. |
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