The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - EUCAST

EUCAST is a scientific committee formed in 1997 and is jointly organized by ESCMID, ECDC and European national breakpoint committees. EUCAST develops antimicrobial susceptibility testing methodology, interpretative criteria and guidance documents to aid clinical decision making when treating infectious diseases. 

Further details about EUCAST and its subcommittees can be found in the sections at the top of the webpage.

EUCAST News

A EUCAST public consultation is now open detailing two minor changes to version 16.0 of the breakpoint tables. Closing date for comments is 14 December 2025. 

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The new breakpoint tables for bacteria/mycobacteria is now available for public consultation (on correction of formatting issues only). Closing date for comments is 14 December 2025. The breakpoint…

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The updated version of the Infective Endocarditis guidance document includes clearer instruction for disk diffusion of benzylpenicillin in viridans streptococci testing. 

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This consultation includes the findings of the EUCAST subcommittee on the role of whole genome sequencing (WGS) in antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) and will form the basis of a future…

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We have prepared a short video to help you get familiar with the new layout and features.

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The following ECOFFs and breakpoints for antifungal agents have been established or revised and are...

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Copyright (English): The copyright of all documents, data, presentations and videos published on the EUCAST website remains with EUCAST. All are freely available for re-use if reference to the EUCAST website is given and they are not resold. Any secondary publication of documents, data, presentations and videos must be referenced with the declaration that "These data have (or this document, presentation or video has) been produced in part under ECDC service contracts and made available by EUCAST at no cost to the user and can be accessed on the EUCAST website www.eucast.org. The views and opinions expressed are those of EUCAST at a given point in time. EUCAST recommendations are frequently updated and the latest versions are available at www.eucast.org.

 

Droits d'auteur (Français): Les droits d’auteurs de tous les documents (présentations, vidéo) établis par l’EUCAST et publiés en ligne sur le site de l’EUCAST restent la propriété de l’EUCAST. Ces documents (présentation, vidéo) sont libres d’accès et gratuits.
Ils peuvent être utilisés à condition d’indiquer la référence du site EUCAST ; par contre, il n’est en aucun cas permis de les revendre. Toute publication se référant à ces données doit comporter la mention suivante “ces données ont été produites par l’EUCAST, notamment lors de collaborations avec l’ECDC. Les vues et opinions exprimées sont celles d'EUCAST à un moment donné. Elles sont accessibles librement et gratuitement grâce au site de l’EUCAST www.eucast.org. Les recommandations de l’EUCAST sont fréquemment mises à jour et les dernières versions sont accessibles sur www.eucast.org."

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