Minimum Bactericidal Concentration

Minimum Bactericidal Concentration

The Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) is the lowest concentration of antibiotic required to kill an organism. . [ Medical microbiology, Mims and Playfair, Mosby Europe, 1993, 35.31.] Not as commonly seen as the Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC).

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