EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
Aminopenicillin breakpoints - guidance on implementing revised breakpoints
Aminopenicillin breakpoints were revised in the breakpoint table 13.0 (2023). EUCAST has been asked to provide guidance on how to implement the revised breakpoints in laboratory practice and systems. [more]
Updated disk diffusion manuals and reading guidelines
Disk diffusion methods manuals and reading guidelines have been updated. [more]
The 13.0 versions of breakpoints, dosing and QC (2023) published.
Breakpoint table v 13.0, dosing table v 13.0 and QC tables v 13.0 (2023) published. [more]
Comments and EUCAST responses to consultations published
Consultation on proposed changes to meningitis breakpoints and chloramphenicol breakpoints - comments and EUCAST responsesmade available. [more]
FAA medium for disk diffusion of anaerobe bacteria
EUCAST disk diffusion of anaerobe bacteria and the FAA-HB medium. EUCAST disk diffusion of anaerobe bacteria (Bacteroides spp., Prevotella spp., Fusobacterium necrophorum, Clostridium perfringens and Cutibacterium acnes) is...[more]
The 2023 preliminary breakpoint table now available for comments and questions.
The next breakpoint table (valid from 1 Jan, 2023) is now available for comments and questions. Please address comments toerika.matuschek[at]eucast.org orgunnar.kahlmeter[at]eucast.orgno later than 19 December, 2022. [more]
VIPcheck poor and irregular performance warning
VIPcheck.In May, 2022, the EUCAST development laboratory for fungi, noticed variable performance with several batches of VIPcheck (Mediaproducts BV) azole screening agar plates (see E.Def 10.1) for the detection of azole...[more]
