Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing — MCQs

All are true about ESBL except -

In Rideal-Walker method, plates are incubated for?

Antibiotic sensitivity and resistance of microorganisms are determined by

Earliest investigation for diagnosis of Ankylosing spondylitis:

Patient presenting with abdominal pain, diarrhea taking clindamycin for 5 days. Treated with metronidazole symptoms subsided. What is the causative agent -

Which agent is used for the sterilization of a cystoscope?

Which of the following events occurs during the stationary phase of the bacterial growth curve?

Why was it advised to use agar instead of gelatin for solidifying culture media for bacterial cultivation?

Twelve elderly residents living in an assisted care facility suffered from sinusitis, otitis media, and mild pneumonias during midwinter. Despite having all received the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine recently licensed for adults, S. pneumoniae was isolated from 10 of the patients. Which of the following is the best explanation for the pneumococcal infections?

Silver impregnation techniques are used in the identification of which microorganisms?