Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
Laboratory methods that measure whether pathogens are inhibited by specific antibiotics to guide treatment and resistance monitoring.
Core metadata
- ID: antibiotic_susceptibility_testing
- Era: Modern
- First known date: 1940 (decade)
- Region: Europe, North America, and global clinical laboratories
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
- Antibiotics (antibiotics)
- Cell Culture (cell_culture)
- Laboratory Diagnostic Medicine (laboratory_diagnostic_medicine)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
Field lanes
- Pharmaceuticals & Drug Development: Small-Molecule Drugs
Node sources
- Antibacterial Susceptibility Test Interpretive Criteria (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2026, official_agency) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 3
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antibiotics (antibiotics) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Antibiotics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Laboratory Diagnostic Medicine (laboratory_diagnostic_medicine) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Laboratory Diagnostic Medicine provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Cell Culture (cell_culture) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Cell Culture provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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