Why should antimicrobial susceptibility testing of normal flora isolates or isolates likely to represent contamination or colonization not be performed?
A) This may encourage a physician to treat a normal condition.
B) This will expose normal florae to various antibiotics and cause resistance to develop.
C) The amount of antibiotic needed to kill all of the normal florae in a site can cause toxic effects to the patient.
D) Antimicrobial susceptibility testing should be performed on all bacteria isolated from the patient.

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Testing of normal flora isolates or isolates likely to represent contamination or colonization should be avoided because reporting of antimicrobial susceptibility results may encourage a physician to treat a normal condition and refrain from further investigation of the true cause of the patient's problem.

Why Should Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Normal Flora Isolates or Isolates