EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
Pefloxacin disk test for screening.
Pefloxacin disk (5 µg)test to screen for low-level ciprofloxacin resistance in Salmonella spp. - standards for pefloxacin disk production and QC. [more]
Breakpoint table v 4.0 released
EUCAST breakpoint table v 4.0 (valid from 2014-01-01)available. Breakpoints and methodology for Corynebacteria, new screen method for the detection of low-level ciprofloxacin resistance in Salmonella spa., improved guidance...[more]
All validation files updated and new added.
All validation and calibration files updated 2013-12-20 and 4 new files were added.[more]
The Spanish NAC, COESANT, presents itself
The COESANT, the Spanish NAC, presents itself and its website. Spain is currently and until May 2014, represented on the EUCAST Steering Committee. [more]
Detection of resistance mechanisms v 1.0 published
The EUCAST guideline for detection of resistance mechanisms and specific resistances of clinical and/or public health importance v 1.0 is published 2013-12-11.[more]
Spanish translations of antifungal susceptibility documents
The Spanish NAC (COESANT) has translated two documents on antifungal susceptibility testing (yeasts and moulds) to Spanish.[more]
Consultation on new doripenem-, amox-clav and cefaclor breakpoints.
EUCAST consults widely on suggested new breakpoints on doripenem, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid andEnterobacteriaceae in uncomplicated urinary tract infections and on the removal of cefaclorbreakpoints for H....[more]
