AntibiogramJ: a Tool for Analysing Images from Disk Diffusion Tests

Determining the antimicrobial susceptibility of microorganisms is of great importance in clinical microbiology not only to guide therapeutic decisions in infectious diseases, but also to investigate the evolution and epidemiology of resistance  [1] — which is essential for implementing hospital prevention programs. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests are used to examine the in vitro activity of different antimicrobial agents against a specific microorganism. There are a variety of methods for determining antimicrobial susceptibility, in cluding disk diffusion, agar dilution or broth microdilution.

Source: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine - March 11, 2017 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: C.A. Alonso, C. Dom ínguez, J. Heras, E. Mata, V. Pascual, C. Torres, M. Zarazaga Source Type: research