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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 breakpoint

A discriminating concentration used in the interpretation of susceptibility tests to define isolates as susceptible or resistant.

control strains

Bacterial isolates of known antibiotic sensitivity profile included in antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) to ensure that the test is performed correctly.

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