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Clinical microbiology

lowest antibiotic concentration that kills a set share, usually 99.9 percent, of the starting bacterial inoculum.

In clinical microbiology, minimum bactericidal concentration refers to lowest antibiotic concentration that kills a set share, usually 99.9 percent, of the starting bacterial inoculum. This meaning comes from Pearson (1980) in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.[1]

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  1. Pearson, R. D., Steigbigel, R. T., Davis, H. T., & Chapman, S. W. (1980). Method of reliable determination of minimal lethal antibiotic concentrations. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 18(5), 699-708. https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.18.5.699

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