About The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) is a scientific committee formed in 1997. EUCAST is jointly organised by the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), and…
Get to know moreBacteria Most of EUCAST’s work is dedicated to defining breakpoints for bacteria that cause infections in humans. How to Use This Section: This page gives you access to information and services related to pathogenic bacteria. Important: All resources here are complementary. Please review them…
Get to know morePublic Consultations Public consultation is part of the EUCAST decision process. The consultation period is 4 - 12 weeks, and the dates of the beginning and end of the period is clearly stated. Previous public consultations with comments and EUCAST responses 2025 2024 2023 Archive The (preliminary)…
Get to know moreDisk Diffusion and Quality Control EUCAST have developed standardised disk diffusion methods for both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. EUCAST antimicrobial susceptibility testing is performed with phenotypic methods, reference broth microdilution or standardised disk diffusion. The basis of all…
Get to know morePublications by EUCAST in peer-reviewed journals 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Archive Aminoglycoside breakpoints – the EUCAST approach and what this means for the clinician. C. Giske et al., Clin. Microbiol. Inf. 2025. Go to publication Rationale for contemporary antimicrobial treatment of…
Get to know moreInformation for pharmaceutical companies intending to bring new antimicrobial drugs to EUCAST for breakpoints The development of clinical breakpoints for new agents requires agreement and acceptance of the data generated in support of decisions on clinical breakpoints, wild type MIC distributions,…
Get to know moreThe European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - EUCAST EUCAST is a scientific committee formed in 1997 and is jointly organized by ESCMID , ECDC and European national breakpoint committees. EUCAST develops antimicrobial susceptibility testing methodology, interpretative criteria and…
Get to know moreRAST FAQ Inoculation of agar plates 1. Which is the easiest way to transfer blood from the positive blood culture bottle to the agar plate? Blood can be transferred to the agar plate either by a pipette (after first having transferred blood to an empty tube) or by applying drops on the plate from…
Get to know moreEUCAST Statutes EUCAST Statutes outlines the objectives, membership structure, consultation and decision process, breakpoint setting for new agents, meetings, publication policy, declarations of interests and funding of EUCAST. The statutes were originally published in November 1999 and have been…
Get to know moreVeterinary Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (VetCAST) VetCAST is a EUCAST subcommittee formed in 2015 todeal with all aspects of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial pathogens of animal origin and animal bacteria with zoonotic potential. The subcommittee operates as…
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