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Kanamycin [Susceptibility] by Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) 291-5
LOINC Code
LOINC code
291-5
name
Kanamycin [Susceptibility] by Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
Kanamycin
property
Susc = Susceptibility
time
Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system
Isolate
scale
OrdQn = Quantitative or Ordinal: Test can be reported as either Ord or Qn, e.g., an antimicrobial susceptibility that can be reported as resistant, intermediate, susceptible or as the mm diameter of the inhibition zone. We discourage the use of OrdQn in other circumstances.
method
MIC = Minimum Inhibitory Concentration: Antibiotic susceptibilities
Additional Names
short name
Kanamycin Islt MIC
Basic Attributes
class
ABXBACT
type
1 Laboratory
order vs. observation
Observation
Associated Observations
LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.