The 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…
Get to know moreDefinitions of S, I and R EUCAST in 2019 changed the definitions of susceptibility testing categories S, I and R as shown below. Results of several consultations on the new definitions are available on the EUCAST website under “Consultations”. S - Susceptible , standard dosing regimen: A…
Get to know moreRAST Publications EUCAST RAST is implemented widely. An increasing number of publications are available. Via library searches for "EUCAST" and "EUCAST RAST" we have identified an array of publications. They are presented in reverse chronological order. 2023 2022 2021 2020 Evaluation of prolonged…
Get to know moreSubcommittee on Antifungal Susceptibility Testing (AFST) The EUCAST Subcommittee on Antifungal Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST AFST) is a standing EUCAST subcommittee which deals with all aspects of antifungal susceptibility testing, including breakpoints for antifungal agents. Steering Committee…
Get to know moreEUCAST Network Laboratories The EUCAST Network Laboratories form two separate loosely constructed networks of microbiology laboratories with particular expertise and training in EUCAST Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) for bacteria and EUCAST Antifungal Susceptibility Testing (AFST)…
Get to know moreEuropean multi-centre study to establish MIC and zone diameter epidemiological cut-off values for Bacillus anthracis Flavia Dematheis,Viviana Manzulli,Gregor Grass,Erika Matuschek,Daniela Jacob,Falk Melzer,Mandy Elschner,Agnieszka Kedrak-Jablonska,Sylwia Budniak,Marcella Mori,Tiziano Fancello,Roland…
Get to know moreA recording of the online seminar on the new breakpint table is now available.
Get to know moreM.C. Arendrup et al. / Clinical Microbiology and Infection 32 (2026) 56—61. EUCAST guidance on how to interpret EUCAST MICs against C. auris has been released in CMI as open access article. Download PDF
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