What is a breakpoint panel?
A)A standard minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) panel that contains many more dilution wells for each drug tested
B)An MIC panel with only three or four drugs tested
C)An MIC panel with only one or a few concentrations of each drug
D)An MIC panel that contains nonroutine drugs

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A variation of the standard broth microdilution MIC panel is the breakpoint panel, in which only one or a few concentrations of each anitmicrobial agent are tested on a single panel.Breakpoint is the term applied to the concentration of an antimicrobial agent that coincides with a susceptible or intermediate MIC breakpoint for a particular drug.

What Is a Breakpoint Panel