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A webinar will be held on 20 January 2026 (12:00-13:00 CET) to highlight any changes in the new breakpoint tables. Members of EUCAST will expand on the changes made to version 16.0 of the breakpoint…

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. 

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…

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

Wild type MIC distributions and ECOFFs for trimethoprim, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and...

Fluoroquinolone breakpoints are under review. Shortly there will be a public consultation.

Since...

The EUCAST preferred and recommended medium for AST of fastidious microorganisms is still...

Rationale Documents for benzylpenicillin and imipenem-relebactam were updated 2025-09-22.

This is a reminder that the EUCAST public consultation on carbapenem susceptibility testing and...

Manufacturers and distributors of prepoured MH-F and FAA agar plates for EUCAST susceptibility...

Fluroquinolone breakpoints are under review and will likely be lowered for Enterobacterales whereas...

Aminoglycoside breakpoints – the EUCAST approach and what this means for the clinician. C. Giske et...