antibiotic sensitivity — antimicrobial sensitivity see under susceptibility … Medical dictionary
antibiotic sensitivity test — antibiotic susceptibility test antimicrobial susceptibility t … Medical dictionary
Antibiotic resistance — is a type of drug resistance where a microorganism is able to survive exposure to an antibiotic. While a spontaneous or induced genetic mutation in bacteria may confer resistance to antimicrobial drugs, genes that confer resistance can be… … Wikipedia
Antibiotic misuse — Antibiotic misuse, (sometimes called antibiotic abuse or antibiotic overuse) refers to the misuse and overuse of antibiotics which has serious effects on public health. Antibiotic resistant bacteria is a growing threat and becoming increasingly… … Wikipedia
sensitivity — 1. The ability to appreciate by one or more of the senses. 2. State of being sensitive. SYN: esthesia (2). 3. In clinical pathology and medical screening, the proportion of affected individuals who give a positive test result for the … Medical dictionary
antibiotic — antibiotically, adv. /an ti buy ot ik, bee , an tee , tuy /, Biochem., Pharm. n. 1. any of a large group of chemical substances, as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by various microorganisms and fungi, having the capacity in dilute solutions… … Universalium
antibiotic susceptibility — antimicrobial susceptibility the vulnerability of a strain of a microorganism to being inhibited or killed by a given antibiotic or antimicrobial agent; see antimicrobial susceptibility test, under test. Called also antibiotic or antimicrobial… … Medical dictionary
antibiotic tongue — glossitis caused by sensitivity to an antibiotic … Medical dictionary
Kirby-Bauer antibiotic testing — In Kirby Bauer testing, white wafers containing antibiotics are placed on a plate of bacteria. Circles of poor bacterial growth surround some wafers indicating susceptibility to the antibiotic. Kirby Bauer antibiotic testing (KB testing or disk… … Wikipedia
antimicrobial sensitivity test — antimicrobial susceptibility test any of numerous tests of how susceptible bacteria are to antimicrobial agents; the bacteria are classified as either sensitive or susceptible, indeterminate or intermediate, or resistant. Called also antibiotic… … Medical dictionary
