EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
Wide variation in disk quality in 16 selected disks from nine manufacturers
During 2014 and 2015, EUCAST has evaluated the disk potency of 16 strategically important antibiotic disks from nine manufacturers of disks for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Results from the first study were released at...[more]
Consultation on "Intrinsic resistance and exceptional phenotypes"
EUCAST Expert Rules version 2.0 was published on 29 October 2011. The rules are currently under review and proposals for changes to the intrinsic resistance and exceptional phenotypes tables are presented here with a summary of...[more]
Consultation on breakpoints for nitroxoline
EUCAST consults widely on proposed breakpoints for nitroxoline used in some European countries in the treatment of uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections. The consultation document should be commented on using the EUCAST...[more]
AST of mycobacteria
In collaborationwith the ESCMID Studygroup on Mycobacteria(ESCMYC), EUCAST opens a new section on antimicrobial susceptibility testing ofmycobacteria. [more]
AFST General Committee minutes 2015
The minutes from the EUCAST subcommittee for antifungal susceptibility testing (EUCAST AFST) general committee meeting, Copenhagen 2015, and the chairperson´s report are now published on the website. See this page.[more]
EUCAST - Are we heading toward international agreement? JAC publication.
EUCAST - the 2014 Garrod lecture. Are we heading towards international agreement? [more]
The forming of VetCAST - several documents made available.
The forming of VetCAST - several documents made available including minutes from first meetings during ECCMID 2015 in Copenhagen.[more]
