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multisensible

English translation: susceptible or sensitive to multiple drugs

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French term or phrase:multisensible
English translation:susceptible or sensitive to multiple drugs
Entered by: Janet Ross Snyder

20:31 Jun 22, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / bacteriology
French term or phrase: multisensible
In a case study, the following sentence appears:
L'examen direct puis la culture objectivant la présence de S. pneumoniae multisensible (CMI amoxicilline et céfotaxime: 0,023 mg/l).
Janet Ross Snyder
Canada
Local time: 05:00
sensitive to multiple drugs
Explanation:
it responds to the bacteriacidal effects of these drugs in lab testing
Selected response from:

Janet Ratziu
France
Local time: 10:00
Grading comment
Thank you to all for your discussion and research. I think this answer conveys the meaning in the most straightforward and comprehensible way.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4multi susceptible S. pneumoniae
Drmanu49
4sensitive to multiple drugs
Janet Ratziu
4 -2muitisensible multi-drug-resistant
Vepalm


Discussion entries: 2





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
multi susceptible S. pneumoniae


Explanation:
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Note added at 6 minutes (2007-06-22 20:37:26 GMT)
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Increasing multi-drug resistance among S. pneumoniae isolates compromises the ... Overall, 99.9% of the S. pneumoniae isolates were susceptible to KETEK, ...
www.news-medical.net/?id=1811 - 44k

or susceptible to multi-drugs or with susceptibility to multi-drugs.

S. pneumoniae becoming non-susceptible to some commonly used antibiotics. Monitoring trends in ..... The prevalence of susceptibility to multi-drugs was ...
journals.cambridge.org/article_S0950268802007586 -

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 10:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 91
Notes to answerer
Asker: In deference to your expertise, I have added susceptible to the answer. The difference in frequency of Google hits is negligible, suggesting that both terms are commonly used.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cetacea: with "multisusceptible". See e.g. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=11...
17 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Helen Lamprell
11 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Dr Sue Levy (X): multisusceptible is OK although I think multisensitive is better - "susceptible to multi-drugs" is horrific English and not to be propagated thank you!
23 hrs
  -> Thank you Sue. Would that be more N.A.? We use susceptible commonly in MMI.
agree  blavatsky: I like multisensitive too
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sensitive to multiple drugs


Explanation:
it responds to the bacteriacidal effects of these drugs in lab testing

Janet Ratziu
France
Local time: 10:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you to all for your discussion and research. I think this answer conveys the meaning in the most straightforward and comprehensible way.
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
muitisensible multi-drug-resistant


Explanation:
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQueryLoad.do?method=l...

"Many isolates developed resistance to multiple classes of drugs and became known as multi-drug-resistant S. pneumoniae (MDRSP)."
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/494612_2

Vepalm
Local time: 09:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Dr Sue Levy (X): absolutely not
3 hrs
disagree  Drmanu49: One or the other but your terms are contradictory.
17 hrs
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