| Antimycobacterial susceptibility testing - preparation of inoculum and the performance of CFU counts - new guidance document |
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2023/01/22 |
| Guidance on how to implement revised aminopenicillin breakpoints (2023) in laboratory practice. |
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2023/01/14 |
| Updated documents on disk diffusion methods |
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2023/01/02 |
| Comments and responses to consultations on chloramphenicol, meningitis breakpoints and on S.aureus vs. cephalosporins, added. |
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2022/12/31 |
| Aminopenicillin breakpoint consultation. |
Comments and EUCAST response to the 2022 consultation on aminopenicillin breakpoint changes are uploaded. |
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2022/12/20 |
| FAA-HB medium for disk diffusion of anaerobe bacteria |
A warning to ascertain the quality of FAA-HB medium recommended for disk diffusion of anaerobic bacteria was posted. |
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2022/12/10 |
| List of consultations amended |
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2022/12/02 |
| Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans consultations - comments and response. |
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2022/12/02 |
| Information added on the NAC of Montenegro |
A brief introduction to the NAC of Montenegro was added. |
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2022/12/02 |
| VIPcheck Warning |
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2022/10/29 |
| Breakpoints and methods for Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans published. |
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2022/10/27 |
| EUCAST uptake maps - Ukraine updated |
The uptake of EUCAST in Ukraine has been updated. |
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2022/08/25 |
| Updated Warning on cefiderocol AST |
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2022/08/16 |
| Several SOPs update (SOP 3, 4, 7, 8 |
Regular reviews and updates of SOP |
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2022/07/24 |
| Tigecycline rationale and guidance documents were revised. |
The rationale doc ument is found following the link. The guidance on tigecycline dosing is among guidance documents.(https://www.eucast.org/eucastguidancedocuments/). |
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2022/07/21 |
| Public consultation on revised chloramphenicol breakpoints |
Consultation period: 20 July - 11 September, 2022. |
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2022/07/20 |
| Consultation on breakpoints for C. diphtheriae and C. ulcerans. |
Consultation is open 9 July - 11 September, 2022. |
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2022/07/09 |
| Cefiderocol susceptibility testing |
A warning related to susceptibility testing of cefiderocol is issued. |
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2022/06/29 |
| Screening for azole and echinocandin resistance |
Screening for azole and echinocandin resistance exemplified in Aspergillus |
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2022/06/22 |
| Updated guidance document on "To detect and exclude resistance using phenotypic methods" |
For tetracycline to predict susceptibility and resistance for doxycycline, Campylobacter spp and Pasteurella multocida were added. |
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2022/06/13 |
| Difficulties with ordering QC strain DSM 25589 from Germany have now been solved. |
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2022/06/09 |
| Consultation on fosfomycin iv |
EUCAST posted a general consultation on revised breakpoints for intravenous fosfomycin. Consultation period 14 May - 15 June, 2022. Revised breakpoints will be published in breakpoint table 2023. |
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2022/05/14 |
| Website statistics updated |
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2022/05/02 |
| RAST - breakpoint error corrected in RAST tables |
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2022/05/02 |
| Guidance note on topical agents revised |
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2022/04/12 |
| All RAST documents updated |
All RAST documents were updated to include the validation of incubation beyond 8h (16-20h) |
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2022/04/12 |
| Cefiderocol - rationale document updated. |
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2022/04/12 |
| Updated broth microdilution of moulds document |
A new version of the Broth microdilution of moulds (version 9.4 to replace 9.3) published 1 April, 2022. |
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2022/04/01 |
| The Enterobacterales calibration (MIC vs. Zone diameter) file update - temocillin included |
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2022/02/28 |
| EUCAST/CCUG panel of P. aeruginosa strains available |
Nine phenotypically and genetically well characterized P. aeruginosa made available through EUCAST/CCUG. |
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2022/01/31 |
| Antifungal agents breakpoints and ECOFFs - update |
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2022/01/18 |
| Updated MIC vs. zone diameters calibration files. |
With changes in the breakpoint table v 12.0 and the adding of disk diffusion criteria for anaerobic bacterial and for Vibrio spp, the calibration files showing the relationship between MIC and inhibition zone diameters need updating. These are now available (Vibrio spp to follow). |
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2022/01/15 |
| Delafloxacin ECOFFs and TECOFFs published |
Delafloxacin wild type distributions have been reviewed and ECOFFs and TECOFFs determined based on the methodology in EUCAST SOP 10.2. |
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2022/01/07 |
| Intrinsic resistance and unusual phenotypes v 3.3 errata |
A few errors were discovered in the version 3.3 which are now corrected. |
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2021/12/30 |
| Breakpoint tables v 12.0 (2022) and dosages published |
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2021/12/28 |
| RAST breakpoint and QC updates published |
Rapid AST directly from positive blood culture bottles: breakpoints and QC updated to match the regular EUCAST breakpoints |
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2021/12/28 |
| Disk diffusion methodology and criteria for interpretation now published. |
For breakpoints - go to the breakpoint table v 12.0 |
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2021/12/28 |
| Setting breakpoints for agent-inhibitor combinations |
Guidance document from 2017 updated. |
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2021/12/14 |
| Recording of online seminar on disk diffusion of anaerobic bacteria posted |
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2021/12/09 |
| Breakpoint table 12.0 on consultation 3 - 20 December |
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2021/12/03 |
| Breakpoints in brackets - a guidance document |
EUCAST introduced breakpoints in brackets. A guidance document describes how these should be interpreted and reported. |
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2021/12/02 |
| Several SOPs updated 2 December 2021 |
SOPs 1.4, 2.4, 5.3 and 10.2 updated |
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2021/12/02 |
| Consultation on aminopenicillin breakpoints for Enterobacterales |
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2021/11/30 |
| Website statistics updated |
Unique downloads and page views statistics updated. |
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2021/11/13 |
| Itraconazole RD updated |
Itraconazole rationale document updated |
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2021/11/04 |
| Colistin breakpoints for consultation |
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2021/10/06 |
| EUCAST general consultation on breakpoints for anaerobic bacteria |
EUCAST is consulting (4 October - 15 November) on revised clinical breakpoints for anaerobic bacteria. |
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2021/10/04 |
| General consultation on clinical breakpoints for Vibrio species |
Consultation period 1 October - 15 November |
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2021/10/01 |
| EUCAST seminar on AST of anaerobes |
A EUCAST online seminar is offered Thu 9 December, 2021, in preparation for introducing disk diffusion for anaerobic bacteria. |
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2021/09/22 |
| Disk diffusion of anaerobic bacteria |
Three months ahead of releasing breakpoints and disk diffusion correlates EUCAST publishes the methodology, the QC criteria and a disk diffusion reading guide. |
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2021/09/20 |
