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