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Course: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (Fleming Fund F)
Glossary: Glossary
I

increased antibiotic exposure (I)

A category of isolates with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in the intermediate zone between definite susceptibility and definite resistance to an antibiotic – as defined by EUCAST.

inoculum

The microorganism suspension used to inoculate (or infect) something.

International Standards Organisation (ISO)

An international body that has developed international quality standards for microbiological laboratories.