Antimicrobial pharmacodynamics
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Antimicrobial pharmacodynamics is a term used to describe the relationship between concentration of antibiotic and its ability to inhibit vital processes of endo- or ectoparasites and microbial organisms. This branch of pharmacodynamics relates concentration of an anti-infective agent to effect, but specifically to its antimicrobial effect.
and minimum bactericidal concentration
are used to measure in vitro activity antimicrobial and is an excellent indicator of antimicrobial potency. They don't give any information relating to time-dependent antimicrobial killing the so called post antibiotic effect.
Concentration-dependent effects
The minimum inhibitory concentrationMinimum inhibitory concentration
In microbiology, minimum inhibitory concentration is the lowest concentration of an antimicrobial that will inhibit the visible growth of a microorganism after overnight incubation. Minimum inhibitory concentrations are important in diagnostic laboratories to confirm resistance of microorganisms...
and minimum bactericidal concentration
Minimum Bactericidal Concentration
The Minimum Bactericidal Concentration is the lowest concentration of antibiotic required to kill the germ. Not as commonly seen as the Minimum inhibitory concentration . It can be determined from broth dilution MIC tests by subculturing to agar media without antibiotics...
are used to measure in vitro activity antimicrobial and is an excellent indicator of antimicrobial potency. They don't give any information relating to time-dependent antimicrobial killing the so called post antibiotic effect.