The Primary Goal of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Is To

The primary goal of antimicrobial susceptibility testing is to:

A) Determine whether the pathogen expresses resistance to the potential therapeutic antimicrobial agents.
B) Determine the spectrum of an organism's intrinsic resistance.
C) Determine whether the administered antibiotic is effective at killing the pathogen in vivo.
D) Identify toxins secreted by bacterial pathogens isolated from a clinical specimen.