Preferred Label : disk diffusion antimicrobial tests;
MeSH definition : A method where a culturing surface inoculated with microbe is exposed to small disks
containing known amounts of a chemical agent resulting in a zone of inhibition (usually
in millimeters) of growth of the microbe corresponding to the susceptibility of the
strain to the agent.;
A method where a culturing surface inoculated with microbe is exposed to small disks
containing known amounts of a chemical agent resulting in a zone of inhibition (usually
in millimeters) of growth of the microbe corresponding to the susceptibility of the
strain to the agent.