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Kirby — Bauer method - Look up a table of zones of inhibition for the antimicrob

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Question

Kirby — Bauer method
- Look up a table of zones of inhibition for the antimicrobials you are using. (TE30-Tetracycline, C30-Chloramphenicol, P10-Penicillin, S50-Streptomycin, CN10-Tetracycline, CIP5-CiproFloxacin)
- Are the antimicrobials you are using appropriate to treat your microorganism? (E. coli) Why?
- Which are the recommended antimicrobials to treat infections with your microorganism? (E. coli) Kirby — Bauer method
- Look up a table of zones of inhibition for the antimicrobials you are using. (TE30-Tetracycline, C30-Chloramphenicol, P10-Penicillin, S50-Streptomycin, CN10-Tetracycline, CIP5-CiproFloxacin)
- Are the antimicrobials you are using appropriate to treat your microorganism? (E. coli) Why?
- Which are the recommended antimicrobials to treat infections with your microorganism? (E. coli) Kirby — Bauer method

- Are the antimicrobials you are using appropriate to treat your microorganism? (E. coli) Why?
- Which are the recommended antimicrobials to treat infections with your microorganism? (E. coli)

Explanation / Answer

a)yes. all these antimicrobials are effective to treat. most of them inhibit the growth of bacteria by preventing the protein synthesis and it act in the ribosome level.

b) erythromycin, amoxicillin and tetracycline. Nitrofurantoin, norflaxocin, gentamicin and ciprofloxacin are considered appropriate for empirical treatment of E. coli