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Broth Microdilution

Broth microdilution is a standardized laboratory method used in clinical microbiology to determine how susceptible a bacterium or fungus is to a particular antimicrobial agent. In the test, a series of small wells, typically in a microtiter plate, contains a liquid growth medium with progressively decreasing concent…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 4 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 18× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2690-4721 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Broth microdilution is a standardized laboratory method used in clinical microbiology to determine how susceptible a bacterium or fungus is to a particular antimicrobial agent. In the test, a series of small wells, typically in a microtiter plate, contains a liquid growth medium with progressively decreasing concentrations of the drug. Each well is inoculated with the microorganism and incubated, after which the wells are examined for visible growth. The lowest concentration that prevents visible growth is recorded as the minimum inhibitory concentration, or MIC, a key quantitative measure of antimicrobial activity. Broth microdilution is widely regarded as a reference method for susceptibility testing because it yields precise, reproducible MIC values that guide the selection of effective therapy and help detect and track antimicrobial resistance. International Journal of Clinical Microbiology publishes peer-reviewed research relevant to antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance, including studies of carbapenem resistance and antibiotic susceptibility patterns in Klebsiella pneumoniae, molecular detection of resistance genes in urinary tract infections, and the in vitro activity of agents such as iclaprim against resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This page gathers open-access research relevant to broth microdilution, MIC determination, and the laboratory evaluation of antimicrobial agents.

Research published in this journal

4 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 4 articles above have been cited 18 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Clinical Microbiology (ISSN 2690-4721).

Journal editorial board
Tonmoy Debnath · Taiwan A.C. Matin · United States Sandeep Misra · United States

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