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EUCAST News

Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.

02 Feb 2023
The quality of material for EUCAST disk diffusion

EUCAST has investigated and reported on the quality of materials used for EUCAST disk diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST); Mueller-Hinton agar, Pre-poured commercial Mueller-Hinton plates and antibiotic disks....[more]

01 Feb 2023
Expert rules, Staphylococcus spp updated

The Staphylococcus spp. Expert Rules document was updated 1 Febr, 2023. The detection of benzylpenicillin resistance inS. lugdunensisis based on the breakpoints only - the assessment of inhibition zome edge has been...[more]

28 Jan 2023
New translations to Chinese

The Chinese NAC has translated several EUCAST documents. [more]

22 Jan 2023
Mycobacteria AST - inoculum preparation and how to perform CFU counts

Guidance from the EUCAST subcommittee on Antimycobacterial AST (AMST) on inoculum preparation and the performing of CFU counts. [more]

14 Jan 2023
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]

02 Jan 2023
Updated disk diffusion manuals and reading guidelines

Disk diffusion methods manuals and reading guidelines have been updated. [more]

02 Jan 2023
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]

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