Question

1. this question included are different parts. Please JUST TYPE your answer which covers all its questions:

A) What is the zone of inhibition, and how does it relate to the minimum inhibitory concentration?

B) How do you conduct the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion technique?

C) If a microbe is sensitive to an antibiotic, what would the results of a Kirby-Bauer test look like?

D) If a microbe is resistant to an antibiotic, what would the results of a Kirby-Bauer test look like?

E) Physicians use the Kirby-Bauer test to decide what antibiotic would be best to prescribe for a particular in infection. If an antibiotic is appropriate, will it have a large zone of inhibition or a small zone of inhibition? Why?