Monthly Archives: March 2018

AST, MIC, Clinical Breakpoints, ECOFFs and AST QC

Posted on March 26, 2018 by mdjkf

Please remember to revise this page for the detailed explanations about AST, MICs, Breakpoints, ECOFFs etc.  A summary of relevant concepts is here – Antimicrobial susceptibility testing practical approaches to quality control Nov 2016. Some questions that arose in today’s tutorial-  1. … Continue reading →

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Module 1 2018 – additional short answer questions

Posted on March 5, 2018 by mdjkf

Contrast the terms phenotype versus genotype and give several examples related to antibiotic resistance in Staph. aureus and Coliforms. What does MLST stand for and how is it determined? What are disadvantages of using resistance genotype compared with a phenotype? … Continue reading →

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