EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
Temocillin breakpoints - discussion in JAC
A discussion of temocillin breakpoints is published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. See EUCAST publications.[more]
Breakpoint table v. 11: a mistake in the Staphylococcus spp tab.
There is a mistake in the EUCAST breakpoint table v 11.0 where, in the Staphylococcus spp tab, the fluroquinolone section, the footnote C should read:Isolates categorised as susceptible to norfloxacin can be reported...[more]
Cefiderocol MIC and zone diameter correlates available.
The EUCAST MIC and zone diameter correlates for cefiderocol are now available. The isolates used for the analysis were selected to be difficult and there are isolates with many different resistance mechanisms. Disk diffusion...[more]
Dosing in children
The European Society for Pediatric Infectious Disease (ESPID) has accepted an invitation from EUCAST to discuss dosing of antibiotics in children with specific reference to the EUCAST Dosing Table...[more]
New and updated Rational Documents published
Ten new or updated Rationale Documents published, all identifiable in the list of documents by the date 2021-02-08).[more]
EUCAST online seminars - new titles for 2021
EUCAST is looking for input from users on which titles for online seminars to concentrate on during 2021. [more]
EUCAST news January 2021
There is only little news from EUCAST January 2021. The next EUCAST Steering Committee meeting is on February 1 - 3. Again via video links. Several users of EUCAST breakpoint tables have asked how to translate dosages (Tab...[more]