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minimum inhibitory concentration

The minimum concentration of an antibiotic required to inhibit bacterial growth in a clinical isolate (e.g., a blood-borne infection), which is used as a surrogate indicator of the agent’s efficacy.
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minimum inhibitory concentration

Lab medicine The minimum antibiotic concentration needed to inhibit bacterial growth from a clinical isolate–eg, a bloodborne infection, which is a form of antimicrobial susceptibility testing. See Minimum bactericidal concentration.
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minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)

the lowest concentration of a chemotherapeutic agent (see CHEMOTHERAPY that will prevent growth of the test ORGANISM.
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[13] European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST), "Determination of minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of antibacterial agents by broth dilution," Clinical Microbiology and Infection, vol.
Evaluation of the Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties of Phragmanthera capitata (Sprengel) Balle (Loranthaceae), a Mistletoe Growing on Rubber Tree, Using the Dilution Techniques
The minimum inhibitory concentrations of the eight antibiotics were also in consonance with values obtained byother investigators [19, 28, 29].
In Vitro Susceptibility of Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates to Selected Antimicrobials
Table 1: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) Values at 20 mg/mL Concentration
Effect of Hexane and Ethanol Extracts of Ten Basil Genotypes on the Growth of Selected Bacterial Strains
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of Metronidazole against Vaccinal strain of Pasteurella multocida type 1(B6)and scherichia coli.
MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION OF METRONIDAZOLE AGAINST VACCINAL STRAIN OF PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA
Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values were defined as the lowest concentration of drug that completely inhibited cell growth.
Macelignan inhibits bee pathogenic fungi Ascophaera apis growth through HOG1 pathway
Abbreviations: (-)-DPG, (-)-deoxypergularinine; TB, tuberculosis; MDR-TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; XDR-TB, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis; MGIT, mycobacteria growth indicator tube; MICs, minimum inhibitory concentrations; INH, isoniazid; TMV, tobacco mosaic virus; MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; FICIs, fractional inhibitory concentration indices.
In vitro activity of (-)-deoxypergularinine, on its own and in combination with anti-tubercular drugs, against resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Background: As a time-dependent antibiotic, the time of cefazedone concentration exceeds the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) is the key pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) variable associated with the killing of pathogens.
A Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study on Intravenous Cefazedone Sodium in Patients with Community-acquired Pneumonia
Antibiotics MIC ([micro]g/mL) Susceptibility (a) Amikacin [greater than or R equal to] 64 Aztreonam 4 S Cefepime 8 S Ceftazidime [less than or S equal to] 1 Ciprofloxacin 2 I Gentamicin [greater than or R equal to] 16 Imipenem 1 S Meropenem 0.5 S Piperacillin/tazobactam [less than or S equal to] 4 Ticarcillin/clavulanic acid [less than or S equal to] 8 MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; S, susceptible; R, resistant.
Ocular infection associated with Delftia lacustris: first report
Vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration, host comorbidities and mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.
Vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentrations and lethality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
Susceptibility testing : accurate and reproductible minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and non inhibitory concentration (NIC) values.
Antifungal activities of seeds oils Acacia arabica and raddiana from the Hoggar region (Southern Algeria)
Table 2: Antibacterial activity of crude extract and the fractions of Crateagus songrica represented in Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC).
The biological performance of Crataegus songarica against certain infectious fungal and bacterial diseases
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