Bacteria

Most of EUCAST’s work is dedicated to defining breakpoints for bacteria that cause infections in humans.

How to Use This Section:

This page gives you access to information and services related to pathogenic bacteria.
Important: All resources here are complementary. Please review them together before releasing any laboratory report.

What You’ll Find:

  • Breakpoint Tables – clear instructions on testing and interpretation.
  • Guidance Documents – answers to more complex or exceptional questions.
  • Expected Phenotypes and Expert Rules – tools to validate laboratory results and provide reliable advice for antibiotic therapy.

News

An updated version (16.1) of the clinical breakpoint tables has been published, including breakpoints for additional anaerobic bacterial species. New breakpoints are now available for Fusobacterium…

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Review of breakpoints for ertapenem, imipenem, imipenem-relebactam, meropenem, meropenem-vaborbactam and ceftazidime-avibactam are ongoing. Following the second of two consultations, EUCAST will…

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The EUCAST subcommittee on the role of whole genome sequencing (WGS) in antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) has published its second review: The role of whole genome sequencing in antimicrobial…

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