On the 9th of October, 2024, from 14.00 - 16.00, CET, the EUCAST subcommittee on Anti-Mycobacterial Susceptibility Testin (AMST) will discuss and answer questions and comments raised during the public_consultation (March 1st - April 19th 2024) of the “EUCAST reference protocol for MIC determination…
Get to know morePublic consultation on breakpoints for Candida auris 2025-03-06 - 04-17.
Get to know moreSee public consultations on Brucella melitensis and Bacillus anthracis (1 Sept - 20 Oct).
Get to know moreDevelopment of clinical breakpoints and ECOFFs As with other breakpoints for antimicrobials the background for EUCAST breakpoints are given in Rationale Documents. Since for antifungals specific technical issues in testing may exist, technical notes are developed if needed. As with the general…
Get to know moreEUCAST comments and responses to the public consultation on changing breakpoints for S. pneumoniae and Streptococcus viridans published.
Get to know moreIn a public consultation , EUCAST is asking for views on the proposed revision to chloramphenicol breakpoints. The last date for comments is 11 September, 2022.
Get to know moreThe European Society for Pediatric Infectious Disease ( ESPID ) has accepted an invitation from EUCAST to discuss dosing of antibiotics in children with specific reference to the EUCAST Dosing Table ( https://www.eucast.org/clinical_breakpoints/ ). EUCAST breakpoints, for both susceptible…
Get to know moreEUCAST AFST recently proposed new breakpoints for amphotericin B, three echinocandins and flucytosine against Candida auris . A public consultation was held 2025-03-06 - 2025-04-17. Now (2025-06-17) the EUCAST AFST has responded to comments .
Get to know moreSusceptibility testing of fastidious organisms - is there an alternative to MH-F ? Public consultation 2025-06-19 - 08-29. The EUCAST medium MH-F was developed for AST of fastidious organisms.Colleagues in some areas of the world have difficulties obtaining the MH-F plate based on horse blood. The…
Get to know moreThe EUCAST breakpoint tables are part of a system for categorising microorganisms as susceptible (S and I) and resistant (R) to agents approved for use in the treatment of infectious diseases. Breakpoint tables are freely available but we would like to remind users of other parts of the system which…
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