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Breakpoint tables for interpretation of MICs for antifungal agents have been updated

Version 12.0, valid from 2025-06-26

Rationale documents for antifungal agents have been updated

Rezafungin, Isavuconazole, Micafungin, Anidulafungin, Amphotericin B, Flucytosine (5-fluorocytosine)

EUCAST accepts the use of MH-S

MH-F based on horse blood can be exchanged for MH-S based on sheep blood - with the exception of Haemophilus

Warning against the use of gradient tests for determining benzylpenicillin MICs in S. pneumoniae - updated August 2025

RAST tables updated

Updated guidance on Infective endocarditis

SOP 9 updated

SOP 9.3 updated to 9.4.

VetCAST Rationale documents published

Daptomycin in Enterococcus

Daptomycin in endocarditis and bloodstream infections caused by enterococci (updated April 2025)

RAST breakpoints and methods 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 diameters and reference MIC values were updated - methods document updated - document describing the detection of specific resistance mechanisms updated - document proposing how to implement RAST in the clinical laboratory updated.

All calibration files - MIC vs. zone diameters - updated for 2025

All calibration files updated for 2025. For 2025 S. dysgalactiae is added