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LOINC 2.82

Cefepime [Susceptibility] for meningitis by Disk diffusion (KB)

Cefepime Islt.mening KB

Definition

  • Susceptibility of an isolate to cefepime in the context of a patient with meningitis, i.e., the "meningitis breakpoint". Various agencies, including the FDA and CLSI in the U.S. and EUCAST in Europe, publish guidelines for determining susceptibility of different organisms to different antimicrobials. In most cases, susceptibility does not vary by type of infection, but for a few specific types of infection, including meningitis, pneumonia and urinary tract infection, certain antimicrobials have different susceptibility thresholds.

Component

  • Cefepime

Specimen / system

  • Isolate.meningitis

Class

  • ABXBACT

Property

  • Susc

Scale

  • OrdQn

Method

  • Agar diffusion

Related names

  • ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES; AST; Cefipime; Disk diffusion; ID; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; Islt; Islt.mening; Isol; KB; Kirby-bauer; Maxipime; Mening; Point in time; Random; Sus; Suscept; Susceptibilities; Susceptibility; Susceptibilty

Index terms

  • ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES
  • AST
  • Cefipime
  • Disk diffusion
  • ID
  • Infectious Disease
  • InfectiousDisease
  • Islt
  • Islt.mening
  • Isol
  • KB
  • Kirby-bauer
  • Maxipime
  • Mening
  • Point in time
  • Random
  • Sus
  • Suscept
  • Susceptibilities
  • Susceptibility
  • Susceptibilty