Ch 10-11 Blood Bank

What are the indicator cells used in SPRCA assays?

 The serum bactericidal test (SBT) involves: 

Why don’t clinical labs routinely perform AST for N. gonorrhoeae

In the gel test, what is a button of cells at the bottom of the well called?

Antibioticresistance resulting from altered cellular physiologyandstructure caused by changes in a microorganism’s genom

  Pharmacodynamic design ensures a drug is 

What test uses the Capture-R Select microwell strips

Most laboratory methods used to detect resistance focus on detecting

Where can false-negative reactions occur in both the gel and solid-phase testing?

1.     The procedures used to produce antimicrobial susceptibility profiles and detect resistance to therapeutic agents

Detection of the haze produced by some resistant staphylococci and enterococci against methicillin and vancomycin

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing should be performed when

An important requirement for appropriate inoculum preparation in susceptibility testing includes the use of a 

Which of the following statements is true regarding interpretation of SPRCA results

1. Which method is used in the automated Immucor and Bio-Rad systems for ABO and D phenotype? 

1.     Assaying bacterial isolates for resistance genes by molecular methods: 

1.     Chromogenic cephalosporins are used to test for: 

1.     The primary goal of antimicrobial susceptibility testing is to 

What tests are performed with the MTS Monoclonal A/B/D Grouping Gel Card?

In the microdilution broth dilution method, the interpretive criteria for the susceptible, intermediate, or resistant ca

 Data review process for AST profiles 

MIC endpoints can be reported results obtained by the following conventional AST methods except  

After centrifugation using the ID-MTS Anti-IgG gel cards, a layer of agglutinated cells was observed at the top of two o

Select the method that uses the principle of sieving to separate larger agglutinates from smaller agglutinates in Ag-Ab

Antibiotic resistance resulting from the normal genetic, structural, or physiologic state of a microorganism is nreferre

Rate of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of the agent’s metabolites are a drug’s

1. Mixed-field reactions were observed in the ID-MTS Gel Test for ABO and D phenotype when the test was automated. What

For clinical decision-making carbapenems  production should be detected using: