What is Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion test? The Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion test is a laboratory method used to determine the effectiveness of antibiotics against bacterial strains. The test is named after its inventors, Drs. Paul Kirby and Robert Bauer, who developed it in the 1960s. In the Kirby-Bauer test, a bacterial culture is spread evenly … Read more
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) Techniques of Antimicrobial Susceptibility test Antimicrobial susceptibility tests in the laboratory can be done by using: Dilution susceptibility tests Disc diffusion susceptibility tests Kirby-Bauer NCCLS modified disc diffusion technique Stokes disc diffusion technique Disadvantages of antimicrobial susceptibility tests Susceptibility tests determine the antimicrobial effect against bacteria in conditions of laboratory (in … Read more
The process of collecting bacteria from the air for analysis involves several techniques, one of the simplest being the utilization of open Petri dishes filled with a growth medium. These dishes are exposed to the air, allowing airborne bacteria to settle and subsequently grow on the medium, which can then be examined to identify the … Read more
