PREPARATION OF 0.5 McFARLAND TURBIDITY STANDARDS

McFarland Turbidity Standard is an important technique performed in the microbiology laboratory especially when carrying out antimicrobial susceptibility studies. It is a turbid solution that contains a mixture of barium salt, distilled water and tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid (H2SO4). McFarland turbidity standard is used to compare and balance the turbidity of both the test and control […]

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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & Antibiogram,