Media Preparation Media preparation for EUCAST disk diffusion testing and for determination of MIC values by the broth microdilution method Version 8.0, January 2026 Download PDF EUCAST antimicrobial susceptibility testing is based on MH agar and MH broth, without supplements for non-fastidious…
Get to know moreSubcommittees EUCAST subcommittees are set up to deal with specific issues or areas requiring particular expertise. Consultations and decisions on subcommittee proposals are made through the EUCAST Steering Committee and follows the structure of all other consultations and decisions. When…
Get to know moreFrom EUCAST, we wish you all happy holidays and a better 2021 than the 2020 to which we are now saying goodbye. EUCAST has, despite the pandemic, had a busy year - no travelling but many hours of online meetings and online seminars. There were new agents, new species and a new MIC and new Zone…
Get to know moreIn 2001 Professor Gunnar Kahlmeter was tasked to restructure EUCAST, and became the chair of the organization between 2002-2012, followed by a period first as clinical data co-ordinator and then as technical data co-ordinator until the end of 2025. He was also the founder of the EUCAST Development…
Get to know moreEDL MIC Testing Services The EUCAST Development Laboratory in Växjö, Sweden offers to determine minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) using broth microdilution according to the ISO standard 20776-1 (2019) to offer colleagues high quality MIC determination. The service is primarily organised to…
Get to know moreFor many years EUCAST and other committees have struggled with the term “intrinsic resistance”. There is no agreed definition and since breakpoints are always “exposure dependent” it is hard to agree on a definition which will survive changes in dosing, modes of administration and a sudden…
Get to know moreEUCAST Steering Committee The ESCMID-appointed Steering Committee consists of the Chair, Scientific Secretary, Clinical Data Co-ordinator, Technical Data Co-ordinator, Head of the EUCAST Development Laboratory, Educational Officer, Webmaster, Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic experts, a representative…
Get to know moreEUCAST Panel of S. pneumoniae and betalactam agents The panel consists of 10 strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae with reference MIC values (mg/L) representing varying levels of susceptibility to beta-lactam agents, from wild type isolates to highly resistant. However, although the selection of…
Get to know moreThe EUCAST subcommittee on the role of whole genome sequencing in antimicrobial susceptibility testing has been re-established, under the leadership of Antonio Oliver (Spain). These are the findings and the conclusions of the previous subcommittee, published in 2017 (…
Get to know moreThe EUCAST preferred and recommended medium for AST of fastidious microorganisms is still MH-F, but MH-S can be used for most. EUCAST has now systematically compared _ MH-F and MH-S to see if the media are interchangeable. MH-F contains 5% mechanically defibrinated horse blood and beta-NAD and will…
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