Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests
Synonyms
Bauer Kirby Disk Diffusion Method
Bauer-Kirby Disk-Diffusion Method
Disk-Diffusion Method, Bauer-Kirby
Disk-Diffusion Method, Kirby-Bauer
Epsilometer Test
Epsilometer Tests
Etest
Etests
Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion Method
Kirby-Bauer Disk-Diffusion Method
Test, Epsilometer
Tests, Epsilometer
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.