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https://www.eucast.org/RAST updates (breakpoints, methods and FAQ)
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Documents (breakpoint tables, methods and FAQs) related to Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility...Welcome to the EUCAST General Committee meeting 29 April
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=579&cHash=10dd32b19e2738880a279d2ded365973
This year´s EUCAST General Committee meeting is held in Barcelona, Monday 29 April 2024 (meeting...EUCAST panels of strains with well defined susceptibility
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=578&cHash=3b5a9d3c234ee2b31afb051ad9177b62
EUCAST has organised panels of organisms with phenotypically well characterized levels of...Consultation from the Antimycobacterial subcommittee 11 March - 19 April.
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Consultation from the Antimycobacterial subcommittee 11 March - 19 April, 2024 on a new "Reference...What to do when there are no breakpoints - revised!
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=576&cHash=36aa2c8857e9b6825d12c3669deaec20
The EUCAST guidance on what to do when there are no breakpoints in the breakpoint table (species...Advising industry on developing EUCAST MIC and Zone diameter data
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=575&cHash=bfc1b5d2750d45913c6b5a76ebc8f92d
The web page "Information for industry" has been supplemented with more information; specifically...Rezafungin Rationale Document from the AFST
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=574&cHash=8b4557ed090148e1bead97b8dccc9ed8
The AFST published the first Rationale Document on Rezafungin.
Files correlating MIC and zone diameters updated
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=573&cHash=3caf521b5f62cc1c90547c88b853fdf0
The files demonstrating the correlation between broth microdilution MIC-values and inhibition zone...Several Rationale Documents updated
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=572&cHash=c66b3e1d7db5dab3804ec9f46fccc568
A series of EUCAST rationale documents have been revised and published in the new...Publication in JAC of Vibrio spp methods and material for breakpoints
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Publication in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy: Vibrio species - development of EUCAST...The 2024 breakpoint and QC tables available
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=570&cHash=7919d8287344766439860a24304ffaa7
The breakpoint tables, dosing tab, QC tables and manuals pertaining to disk diffusion updated.
Colistin susceptibility testing
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A few weeks ago, we informed EUCAST users, that the Warning against bioMerieux AST material for...CMR publication on the use of wild type MIC distributions and ECOFFs
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=568&cHash=57884a38d140836306604918d6726fbf
Wild-type distributions of minimum inhibitory concentrations and epidemiological cut-off...Fosfomycin - response to consultation and guidance on iv use.
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=567&cHash=04130f90468be34670e4757f2036bf14
Fosfomycin - response to consultation and guidance on intravenous use.
Breakpoint table 14.0 (2024) available for consultation (5-19 December, 2023)
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=566&cHash=db55f3a8829726044512a1fe74cce41b
The EUCAST breakpoint table 14.0 (to be published on 1 January, 2024) is now available for...Fosfomycin IV rationale document published
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=565&cHash=534a6a447f1b036552f4f5bdb18cbcbe
The fosfomycin IV rationale document is available from 2023-11-23.
Comments and responses to consultations published
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=564&cHash=f362137fabdfed7382eb942510cba524
Comments and EUCAST responses to the open consultations on Brucella melitensis and Bacillus...Three rationale documents from VetCast available for comments
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=563&cHash=000e02d2dee93ff71e3a738c7e663c70
The EUCAST Veterinary committee has released three rationale documents for consultation (comments...News from VetCAST - publication on PK/PD for benzylpenicillin in horses
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=561&cHash=3ae4455a56ba9db534d7f24c583d2bf0
Pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic cutoff values for benzylpenicillin in horses to support the...bioMerieux has still not withdrawn the malfunctioning colistin AST material
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=560&cHash=994e92c536acc02d28abf7ca49d76ef5
This is a general and iterated EUCAST warning against material sold by bioMerieux for...RAST breakpoints for prolonged incubation (16-20h) now published in JAC
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Recently we made breakpoints available (on the website) for RAST incubation beyond the standard 4,...Methods document on MIC testing of yeasts updated by AFST
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=558&cHash=2e3a6144f491f0fbc6e828b0f58791a6
The Edef 7.4 document "Method for the determination of broth dilution minimum inhibitory...Consultation on proposed changes in the 2024 (v 14.0) breakpoint table
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In preparation for next year´s table (EUCAST Breakpoint Table 14.0, 2024), EUCAST aims to institute...SOPs 12 and 13 on the development of appropriate disks content published
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EUCAST and CLSI have developed joint critera for determining the appropriate disk content (potency)...Optimised dosing of antibiotics - understanding PK/PD, clinical breakpoints, and therapeutic drug monitoring
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=555&cHash=60c8236fdba61fb771b7d77ae6691ea9
Optimised dosing of antibiotics - understanding PK/PD, clinical breakpoints, and therapeutic drug...Cefiderocol susceptibility testing - an update
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This is to inform all EUCAST users that the evaluation of cefiderocol susceptibility testing...Consultations on B. melitensis and B.anthracis 1 Sept - 20 Oct
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=552&cHash=2d7f7dec0b8a64edbe8645c1f4650b76
See public consultations on Brucella melitensis and Bacillus anthracis (1 Sept - 20 Oct).
Correlation between MIC and disk diffusion for anaerobic bacteria. Updated file with more antibiotics.
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The correlation between MIC and inhibition zone diameters in disk diffusion is excellent when...Antifungal breakpoints and ECOFFs and QC tables updated.
https://www.eucast.org//eucast_news/news_singleview?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=550&cHash=d88693c352ff41e1a01776e5ffd0ee63
Antifungal breakpoints and ECOFFs and QC tables updated.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Sensititre broth external contamination.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Sensititre broth external contamination.
Several laboratories, including...