Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is a laboratory procedure to detect the most suitable and effective antimicrobial regimen for an individual patient. The AST procedure also aids in evaluating treatment regimes for infectious disease prevention and control in community hospital settings. AST is also necessary for patients with frequent infections with specific microorganisms or infections related to any particular disease manifestation. The disc diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) methods are two approaches for AST.
In the disc diffusion method for fastidious organisms, inoculation is done on Muller-Hinton agar plates and is incubated for 22 hours. After 22 hours, antimicrobial disks are checked for microbial colonies. Which of the following microorganisms is tested by the disc diffusion method using Muller-Hinton Agar plates? Staphylococcus Hemophilus…
