Following frequent questions and pleas for further guidance, EUCAST has revised the document " What to do when there are no breakpoints ". This is not the type of document where a consultation is part of the process. However, it is important that colleagues understand and agree with the advice…
Get to know moreEUCAST has evaluated (August 2022) commercially available tests and all have problems with accuracy, reproducibility, bias and/or for some, with skipped wells. For this reason, it is difficult to resolve the susceptibility interpretation of isolates in the ATU (area of technical uncertainty) in…
Get to know moreRapid AST directly from positive blood culture bottles (RAST) - several documents were updated. the breakpoint table was updated - new information on how to screen for and characterize benzylpenicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae added. files describing the correlation between RAST zone…
Get to know moreDisk Diffusion Implementation Check list to facilitate implementation of antimicrobial susceptibility testing with EUCAST breakpoints Version 1.0, 28 May 2010 Download PDF This document aims to help in the implementation of EUCAST susceptibility testing. The checklist was developed and tried by…
Get to know moreVeterinary Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (VetCAST) VetCAST is a EUCAST subcommittee dealing with all aspects of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial pathogens of animal origin and animal bacteria with zoonotic potential. Subcommittee Discover More Development of…
Get to know moreThe EUCAST General meeting will take place at ESCMID-Global on Monday20 April at 10:00-11:30 in room 12 (1st floor of the ICM). The EUCAST Steering Committee will be highlighting the progress made on new and reviewed breakpoints during 2025 and the upcoming projects proposed for 2026. The…
Get to know moreMethodology and Instructions Although the general principles for the development of breakpoints are similar to those for bacteria, susceptibility testing of fungi needs special attention. This page lists the documents that address the methods needed for testing of different fungi. AST of Yeasts…
Get to know moreECOFFinder. The previously available ECOFFinder software is no longer accessible on the EUCAST website because, according to EUCAST procedures ( SOP 10.2), setting ECOFFs or TECOFFs on single or already aggregated distributions is not acceptable according to EUCAST recommendations. Software and…
Get to know moreRapid AST in blood culture For selection of an efficacious antibiotic therapy rapid susceptibility results are desirable, but the usual overnight incubation precludes rapid results. EUCAST RAST fills this gap by providing results within 4 to 8 hours of incubation. The method is validated for…
Get to know moreA few weeks ago, we informed EUCAST users, that the Warning against bioMerieux AST material for colistin, still stands. The item referred (by a link) to the EUCAST Warnings page where it was made clear exactly which material was malfuntioning and should have been withdrawn by bioMerieux. However,…
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