Fungi (AFST)

The EUCAST AFST develops breakpoints and methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of fungi. Clinical breakpoints for fungi are listed in a separate document and are not included into the breakpoint table for bacteria. For MIC distributions for fungi, go to the EUCAST MIC distribution website.

News

The Antifungal Susceptibility Testing (AFST) subcommittee has updated the warning regarding testing of amphotericin B against C. auris. Advice on several commercially available products have been…

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Version 12.1 of the fungi breakpoint tables is now published which includes correction of typographical errors for voriconazole breakpoints against Candida albicans and C. dubliniensis.

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The EUCAST AFST have recently published v 8.0 of the routine and extended quality control ranges and targets for MIC determination in yeasts, moulds and dermatophytes, including revised QC ranges for…

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