How to: ECOFFs—the why, the how, and the don'ts of EUCAST epidemiological cutoff values Identifying the MIC wild-type distribution and its delineation of species targeted for receiving antimicrobial agent breakpoints is an important first step for determining clinical breakpoints. Having the main…
Get to know moreSOP 9: Procedure for establishing zone diameterbreakpoints and quality control criteria for newantimicrobial agents , has been updated from 9.3 to 9.4. This SOP describes the necessary interaction between EUCAST, the EUCAST Development Laboratory (EDL) and when required, pharmaceutical companies to…
Get to know moreVeterinary Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (VetCAST) VetCAST is a EUCAST subcommittee formed in 2015 todeal with all aspects of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial pathogens of animal origin and animal bacteria with zoonotic potential. The subcommittee operates as…
Get to know morePublications and presentations En Route towards European Clinical Breakpoints for Veterinary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: A Position Paper Explaining the VetCAST Approach. P-L Toutain et al. Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2017. Go to publication Population pharmacokinetics of…
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 moreResistance Detection Successful treatment of infectious diseases relies on knowledge and understanding of when antimicrobial resistance is an expected phenotype of the organism, and when resistance to antimicrobial agents may develop. The following documents provide up-to-date advice on how to…
Get to know moreEUCAST SOPs SOP 1.5 Setting breakpoints for new antimicrobial agents (9 May, 2025) Previous versions 1.4 ; 1.3 ; 1.2 ; 1.1 SOP 2.5 Harmonising breakpoints for existing antimicrobial agents (12 May, 2025) Previous versions: 2.4 ; 2.3 ; 2.2 ; 2.1 SOP 3.4 Review and revision of breakpoints (6 May,…
Get to know moreOccasionally colleagues request information from EUCAST on what agents to test and which to avoid . EUCAST has hitherto refrained from giving firm advice simply because national traditions, availability and cost of agents, and guidelines vary to the extent where a general prescriptive advice becomes…
Get to know moreThe EUCAST breakpoint tables for bacteria 2021 published.
Get to know moreAntifungal breakpoints and ECOFFs and QC tables updated.
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