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.