EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
Colistin MIC testing - the EUCAST warning extended
The Warning against methods used for colistin MIC testing has been extended following a message from Bruker Daltonics against three lots of their UMIC Colistin MIC device. Since yesterday we have been informed by the producer...[more]
When there are no breakpoints - cefiderocol added
The guidance document on "What to do when there are no breakpoints" has been updated with recommendations for cefiderocol. [more]
Breakpoint tables are used together with other EUCAST guidance
The EUCAST breakpoint tables are part of a system for categorising microorganisms as susceptible (S and I) and resistant (R) to agents approved for use in the treatment of infectious diseases. Breakpoint tables are freely...[more]
What agents to test and which to avoid!
Occasionally colleagues request information from EUCAST on what agents to test and which to avoid. EUCAST has hitherto refrained from giving firm advice simply because national traditions, availability and cost of agents, and...[more]
CMI Podcast on EUCAST achievements
Communicable E5 - Beauty is in the 'I' of the beholder: EUCAST updates with Sören Gatermann and Christian Giske, discussing pros and cons with Angela Huttner and Mark Bonten. [more]
Twenty years with EUCAST AFST
Twenty Years in EUCAST Anti‑Fungal SusceptibilityTesting: Progress & Remaining Challenges. Maiken Cavling Arendrup, Jesus Guinea, Joseph Meletiadis.Mycopathologia (2024) 189:64. Follow this link for free...[more]
S, I and R and surveillance of AMR
This is to clarify how "susceptibility (S and I)" and "resistance (R)" should be reported in AMR surveillance with the EUCAST definitions of S I and R. With the EUCAST definitions, the tradition to report "non-susceptibility" as...[more]
