ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING
The bacterial inoculum is then inoculated into the wells and incubated at 37oC overnight. MIC is determined as in macrobroth dilution test. Agar dilution method: A serial two-fold dilution of the antibiotic is prepared in Mueller-Hinton agar.The bacterial inoculum is standardized according to McFarland standard.
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