EUCAST
https://www.eucast.org/
EUCASTEUCAST
https://www.eucast.org/
https://www.eucast.org/fileadmin/feed_icon_88x31.gifScreening for azole and echinocandin resistance
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=492&cHash=f0d89d1ec647b2db54307f2be14bed98
Screening for azole and echinocandin resistance exemplified in AspergillusWarning against using material and devices for AST of species not listed as validated.
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=491&cHash=23c0bc9bbc2ea355fce0bfebf64c27d0
General warning against incomplete species and concentration range validation of commercially...Consultation (14 May - 15 June, extended to 15 July) on revised breakpoints for IV fosfomycin
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=490&cHash=f0df73530e347fe47262a532cde23bb8
EUCAST posted a general consultation on revised breakpoints for intravenous fosfomycin....Consultation on the availability of piperacillin and ticarcillin without inhibitors.
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=488&cHash=f3e61e3f92d3ebe97d34ee2db3dadca3
EUCAST is considering removing breakpoints for piperacillin without tazobactam and/or ticarcillin...A new version of the QC table for testing of antifungal agents is available
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=487&cHash=53e14a0f1c9253d4d6ac446c07e66ede
A new version of the QC table for testing of antifungal agents is available on the website.
Cefiderocol Rationale Document updated
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=485&cHash=340857366db12871bcea51c1da45c157
The Cefiderocol Rational Document has been revised. Link.
RAST updated to include incubation beyond 8 hours
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=484&cHash=309307a01b56067919356090742df5c0
EUCAST Rapid AST directly from positive blood culture bottles, previously restricted to 4, 6 or 8...Guidance note on topical agents revised
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=483&cHash=a21d2d2a29410b3e73e1ae3b3d8c3593
Minor revision of the EUCAST Guidance on topical agentsHow to: ECOFFs—the why, the how, and the don'ts of EUCAST epidemiological cutoff values. CMI 2022.
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=482&cHash=33c06c2750a843056a5ec64da3321a12
How to: ECOFFs—the why, the how, and the don'ts of EUCAST epidemiological cutoff...New version of Broth microdilution of moulds (vs. 9.4)
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=481&cHash=8c2e4a8022c212c27ad80e1f24a475e7
A new version of the Broth microdilution of moulds (version 9.4 to replace 9.3) published 1 April,...EUCAST abandons the term "intrinsic resistance" in favor of "expected resistant phenotype"
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=480&cHash=e6a33871b9efef82225399f1a3ce0493
For many years EUCAST and other committees have struggled with the term “intrinsic resistance”....Cefiderocol disk diffusion with EUCAST criteria - publication in JAC
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=479&cHash=309ce0555892a83c94aef216eb4cf802
Cefiderocol: EUCAST criteria for disc diffusion and broth microdilution for antimicrobial...Temocillin MIC vs. inhibition zone diameters
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=478&cHash=af74f97c7b3b6e473de62ad28088b89e
MIC and zone diameter data on temocillin added to the Enterobacterales calibration/validation file...A Pragmatic Approach to Susceptibility Classification of Yeasts without EUCAST Clinical Breakpoints
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=477&cHash=a27a786fb6cfe130e20193bdb093a5ca
A Pragmatic Approach to Susceptibility Classification of Yeasts without EUCAST Clinical...ECOFFs – the why, the how and the don´ts of EUCAST epidemiological cutoff values.
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=476&cHash=627b21425d234deacc5eb609f762931a
Identifying the MIC wild type distribution and its delineation of species targeted for receiving...Warning concerning MH broth for Thermofisher cefiderocol MIC panels.
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=475&cHash=49c2950f198b7cefd42216e7fd3639b3
Thermofisher/Sensititre have issue a warning against a malfunctioning broth for Sensititre panels...Panel of well characterized P. aeruginosa strains available through EUCAST/CCUG.
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=474&cHash=cc5341aadb0f7df0acae7a1c462a2461
Nine phenotypically and genetically well characterized P. aeruginosa made available through...EUCAST system for abbreviating antimicrobial agents - update
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=473&cHash=940a0ef3c6b94e3fe356027047e477f6
EUCAST system for antimicrobial name abbreviations (January 2022). Previous version (13...AFST comment on AST of dermatophytes
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=472&cHash=f3c2ec023cf2de1c420a3831e28e8b20
From the EUCAST Antifungal subcommittee (AFST): Comment on: Multicentre validation of a EUCAST...The table listing breakpoints and ECOFFs for antifungal agents and relevant fungi is now updated.
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=471&cHash=9683eb4feaa642cca1d809639fea5ef3
Antifungal agents have MIC distributions in the EUCAST MIC distribution database. ECOFFs are...All MIC/Zone diameter calibration file updated. Anaerobic bacteria added.
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=470&cHash=ec4a20fc82163fa62a12c81bd78a346f
With changes in the breakpoint table v 12.0 and the adding of disk diffusion criteria for anaerobic...EUCAST/ESPID joint task force on dosing of antibiotics in children - questionnaire on common practices.
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=469&cHash=4a65a1c7f3ecbcce8305277483a82954
EUCAST and ESPID are preparing to address antibiotic dosing and exposure in children to match...Delafloxacin ECOFFs and TECOFFs published
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=468&cHash=9d4cef165c6d3587aa02a4e5d9b9743d
Delafloxacin, a recent addition to the quinolone agents, has now received ECOFFs and TECOFFs. Happy New Year from the EUCAST
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=467&cHash=c3b8750523ae9d4bbbb8f9431f1227e9
This is to wish all EUCAST users a happy and successful new year and to summarise some recent...Disk diffusion criteria and revised breakpoints for anaerobic bacteria
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=466&cHash=a14dff92d8dd427b3cb69167643de4d3
Disk diffusion methods and criteria and revised breakpoints for anaerobic bacteria now available.RAST breakpoints and QC criteria updated
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=465&cHash=8649abeaf79c258bec3e3691335b695f
Rapid AST directly from positive blood culture bottles: breakpoints and QC updated to match the...Breakpoint tables and dosages v 12.0 (2022) published
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=464&cHash=ea8540c0fbdaa71b3bbcb3bf765239de
The revised breakpoint table (v 12.0) and dosages now published. Valid from 1 January, 2022.Guidance document update
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=463&cHash=741fb42fa822f66ba7f31b741a7a5030
Setting breakpoints for agent-inhibitor combinations was updated 14 December, 2021Recording of online seminar on EUCAST disk diffusion testing of anaerobic bacteria available
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=462&cHash=eaf9b9c644a289b010d4a4fdb5ac6cc7
On 9 December at 8AM, 1PM and 4PM, EUCAST organised an online seminar with contributions from...Disk diffusion of anaerobic bacteria - online seminar!
https://www.eucast.org/eucast_news/news_singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=461&cHash=f178cce9e5218846761826f2ef5c5348
The 9th of December at 8AM, 1PM and 4PM there is an open online seminar on the new EUCAST disk...