EUCAST https://www.eucast.org/ EUCAST EUCAST https://www.eucast.org/ https://www.eucast.org/fileadmin/feed_icon_88x31.gif EUCAST reference BMD for M. tuberculosis complex now published https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=392&cHash=f4945d6933df654a5a60f797810c3274 EUCAST reference BMD for M.tuberculosis complex susceptibility testing. Consultation on breakpoints relevant for meningitis. https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=391&cHash=e4bfd34f8ee85650ce943f0a11133c44 EUCAST has reviewed and in some instances proposed a revision of breakpoints relevant to the... Burkholderia pseudomallei methods and MIC/zone correlates now available. https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=390&cHash=92ef60baaab9a71ed77e722f4b1a7766 Burkholderia pseudomallei methods and MIC/zone correlates now available. Multilaboratory trial... Bacillus spp breakpoints - Consultation 25 Aug - 25 Sep. https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=389&cHash=2646ee9c042b8f38a608fdac4a4048f4 EUCAST proposes breakpoints for Bacillus spp (except B. anthracis) - consultation 25 August - 25... EUCAST clinical trial of blood culture RAST in 55 laboratories published. https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=388&cHash=b7540ea3a0add782ac7d8c68adcf5733 Following the initial development, published in 2019, a clinical trial in 55 laboratories was... SOP 3, 4, 7 and 8 updated https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=387&cHash=3c03a83a121379ba089ef95d3eb47d52 SOP 3, 4, 7 and 8 updated Ceftazidime-avibactam rationale document published https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=386&cHash=6e1bf450ba57008454442c9623afe943 Ceftazidime-avibactam RD available. Interpretation of breakpoints for antifungal agents when definitions of S, I and R have changed - publication in CMI. https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=385&cHash=ab61ad795d7764fb161069b395ae6cad How to interpret MICs of antifungal compounds according to the revised clinical breakpoints v. 10.0... Public consultation on piperacillin-tazobactam breakpoints and meningitis breakpoints. https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=384&cHash=9746bb6c70b5d00b8b19e9fcd67cb713 There are proposed changes to piperacillin-tazobactam breakpoints for Enterobacterales. There are... Oral cephalosporins and Enterobacterales breakpoints - updated guidance document. https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=383&cHash=c9253ac333d5752dfa66e44e737f8467 Oral cephalosporins and Enterobacterales breakpoints - updated guidance document. SOP 9 revised (9.2) and SOP 11.0 published. https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=382&cHash=7b7abba879757aa56ac6cf851137a31b SOP 9 (on determining disk diffusion breakpoints and QC criteria) and SOP 11.0 (on determining the... Ceftolozane-tazobactam disk criteria for H. influenzae https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=381&cHash=861f4da76a4259a53123ea6cc8e8027c Ceftolozane-tazobactam zone diameter breakpoints for H. influenzae now available. as an addendum to... EUCAST on Twitter (@EUCAST_EUCAST) https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=380&cHash=e05e780ff4f658d7c8200c03d807fbed Try @EUCAST_EUCAST on twitter S.pneumoniae (10 strains) with reference MICs now available from EUCAST/CCUG. https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=379&cHash=ec284e36732d1c8e5b8ab5ac6a656137 EUCAST and CCUG in collaboration have made a panel of 10 strains with reference MICs available.... Ceftolozane-tazobactam rationale document published https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=378&cHash=75e9a62acd88b4afe1ea8ab91ef13129 Ceftolozane-tazobactam rationale document published. EUCAST 2019 - 20 (Chairman´s report) https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=377&cHash=54dc6bcdf8df92d283c4c29388d595ce The EUCAST General Committee meeting at ECCMID 2020 was cancelled due to COVID19. The EUCAST... Daptomycin guidance document updated https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=376&cHash=27410f31294e42f7d60392bf2cabaf50 The EUCAST guidance document on the use of daptomycin in bloodstream infections including... Aminoglycoside rationale documents updated https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=375&cHash=326b0c02827b1786dd647a52eabf8214 Aminoglycoside rationale documents updated with new breakpoints and dosages. Cefiderocol breakpoints and AST methods now available. https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=374&cHash=839808489fb6fb1033af6d8a1c5e7d07 Addendum: Cefiderocol breakpoints and AST methods (30 April, 2020) Newsletter from EUCAST VetCAST https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=373&cHash=63355f9ac9d150f2162daa624d60452a A Newsletter (April 2020) from the EUCAST veterinary subcommittee published. Daptomycin in Enterococcus infections - EUCAST position paper in CMI https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=372&cHash=88f4e7f2757eaea2fe7210d77fefdee5 Daptomycin in the treatment of enterococcal bloodstream infections and endocarditis: a EUCAST... Aminoglycoside guidance document updated https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=371&cHash=ffc8ca3a647022b5e83b21a7af8c039e The guidance document on aminoglycoside dosing, first published 21 January 2020, updated 24 April,... Warnings against pipercaillin-tazobactam gradient tests finally removed. https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=370&cHash=c80c790f0515c9493b60afd22d60dfaa Previous warnings against gradient tests Etest and MTS were finally removed (November 2019 for... Temocillin breakpoints and Rationale document added https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=369&cHash=a6108becf38beba89a37b3762ba57807 Temocillin breakpoints and rationale document is added following a final decision by the EUCAST... Corrected RAST table 2.1 published https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=368&cHash=1fcdbdb9d97edd0334bc378a99f5776b Because of an error in the E. faecalis tab a corrected table was published 20 April, 2020. The... EUCAST panels of phenotypically defined strains https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=367&cHash=ed16519ab54b522e316cbf8cc33d2fbe During 2020, EUCAST in collaboration with CCUG (the Culture Collection of the University of... Aminoglycoside MICs and ECOFFs reviewed https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=366&cHash=b1cfcec4cd79cda4edbf509715a9620b Aminoglycoside (amikacin, gentamicin, tobramycin) MIC distributions and ECOFFs reviewed and in some... EUCAST instruction videos - Romanian subtitles https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=365&cHash=d0aa1935a8213bf153cb957bf2874684 Videos with Romanian subtitles Temocillin and daptomycin MIC distributions and ECOFFs reviewed https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=364&cHash=b8c8f0fbd68042fc77820b39909addd2 All MIC-data (including several new distributions) for temocillin and daptomycin reviewed and... EUCAST intrinsic resistance and unusual phenotypes update! https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=363&cHash=35b63ab122f103c336075ad536565300 The EUCAST guidance on intrinsic resistance and unusual phenotypes has been updated.