Disk Diffusion Method

Preferred Label : Disk Diffusion Method;

NCIt related terms : DISK DIFFUSION;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A method to determine microbial susceptibility to antibiotics in which filter paper disks containing known concentrations of antibiotics are placed on the agar surface that has been previously inoculated with the bacteria of interest. Microbial susceptibility is assessed by measuring the area around the disk that is free of microbial growth.;

Details

Origin ID

C85595;

UMLS CUI

C2827787;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Disk diffusion, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- disk diffusion antimicrobial tests [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Laboratory Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
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- CDISC SDTM Method Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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