antibiotic susceptibility

antibiotic susceptibility
antimicrobial susceptibility the vulnerability of a strain of a microorganism to being inhibited or killed by a given antibiotic or antimicrobial agent; see antimicrobial susceptibility test, under test. Called also antibiotic or antimicrobial sensitivity.

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