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Serial twofold dilution methods are most commonly used to identify the antimicrobial activities of antibiotics. This can be achieved by different methods like broth dilution or agar dilution. Though these methods are simple, they can be influenced by various experimental factors and result in discrepancy. The following protocol has been validated for Acinetobacter species, including A. baumannii. It is important to include appropriate control strains to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration values and to compare the experiment results.
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Appendix 1: Templates to Record the Test Results
Appendix 1: Templates to Record the Test Results
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Veeraraghavan, B., Vijayakumar, S., Pragasam, A.K., Bakthavachalam, Y.D., Prakash, J.A.J. (2019). Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods for Acinetobacter spp.. In: Biswas, I., Rather, P. (eds) Acinetobacter baumannii. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1946. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9118-1_3
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