421-8
Polymyxin B [Susceptibility] by Disk diffusion (KB)
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Part Description
LP16319-3 Polymyxin B
A mixture of polymyxins B1 and B2, obtained from Bacillus polymyxa strains. They are basic polypeptides of about eight amino acids and have cationic detergent action on cell membranes. Polymyxin B is used for infections with gram-negative organisms, but may be neurotoxic and nephrotoxic.
Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Polymyxin B
- Property
- Susc
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Isolate
- Scale
- OrdQn
- Method
- Agar diffusion
Additional Names
- Short Name
- Polymyxin B Islt KB
- Display Name
- Polymyxin B Disk diffusion (KB) [Susc]
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Susceptibility to Polymyxin B
Basic Attributes
- Class
- ABXBACT
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 1.0
- Last Updated
- Version 2.73
- Order vs. Observation
- Observation
- Common Test Rank Get Info
- 8897
Member of these Panels
LOINC | Long Common Name |
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50546-1 | Bacterial susceptibility panel by Disk diffusion (KB) |
Member of these Groups Get Info
LOINC Group | Group Name |
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LG41101-3 | Polymyxin BSusc| |
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
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de-DE | German (Germany) | Polymyxin B: |
es-AR | Spanish (Argentina) | polimixina B: |
es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Polimixina B: |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Polimixina B: |
fr-CA | French (Canada) | Polymyxine B: |
fr-FR | French (France) | Polymyxine B: |
fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Polymyxine B: Synonyms: Diffusion en agar, précipitation en agar |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Polimixina B: Synonyms: Disco diffusione (KB) Kirby-Bauer Punto nel tempo (episodio) Sensibilità (microrganismi) Suscettibilità agli antibiotici |
ko-KR | Korean (Korea, Republic Of) | 폴리믹신 B: |
nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | polymyxine B: |
pt-BR | Portuguese (Brazil) | Polimixina B: Synonyms: c218; |
tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Polimiksin B: |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 多粘菌素 B: Synonyms: B 型 KB 法; |
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