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General consultation on breakpoints for infective endocarditis

Proposed breakpoints for infective endocarditis (14 Sept - 25Oct, 2024). Use the EUCAST form for comments to consultations .

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Comments and responses to consultations published

Comments and EUCAST responses to the open consultations on Brucella melitensis and Bacillus anthracis proposed breakpoints and methods are now published.

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RAST updates (breakpoints, methods and FAQ)

Documents (breakpoint tables, methods and FAQs) related to Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing directly from positive blood culture bottles have been revised.

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When there are no breakpoints - cefiderocol added

The guidance document on " What to do when there are no breakpoints " has been updated with recommendations for cefiderocol.

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Aminoglycoside breakpoints - publication in CMI 2025

Aminoglycoside breakpoints – the EUCAST approach and what this means for the clinician. C. Giske et al, 2025. Abstract in CMI.

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Optimised dosing of antibiotics - understanding PK/PD, clinical breakpoints, and therapeutic drug monitoring

Optimised dosing of antibiotics - understanding PK/PD, clinical breakpoints, and therapeutic drug monitoring; Boston, United States, 9 – 10 October 2023.

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Cefiderocol susceptibility testing

Warning issued concerning cefiderocol susceptibility testing : there is currently no commercially available functioning test for cefiderocol MIC determination. EUCAST has investigated those available and all have problems with accuracy, reproducibility, bias and/or for some, with skipped wells. For…

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Disk diffusion methodology and QC of anaerobic bacteria

Three months ahead of releasing breakpoints and disk diffusion correlates EUCAST publishes the methodology, the QC criteria and a disk diffusion reading guide .

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EUCAST consultation on Aminopenicillin breakpoints for Enterobacterales (14 Jan, 2022)

EUCAST has releaed a general consultation and invites comments on proposed changes to aminopenicillin breakpoints for Enterobacterales (30 Nov, 2021 - 14 Jan, 2022).

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The EUCAST FAQ updated.

EUCAST updates the FAQ at regular intervals. Mostly questions are added and in some cases replies are modified because of changes in breakpoints or recommendations.

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