EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
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]
Breakpoints and methods for C. diphtheriae and C. ulcerans available
The breakpoint table v 13.0 (2023) is under preparation (release for consultation 5 December, 2022). As part of this table, there are specific breakpoints for Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans.EUCAST has been...[more]
New consultations available
Consultations for 26 September to 7 November posted. Go to the Consultations page. [more]
Cefiderocol testing, continued
The EUCAST Development Laboratory is currently investigating the accuracy and reproducibility of two commercially available cefiderocol MIC devices. We are looking at accuracy and batch to batch variation. As soon as the results...[more]
