EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
Optimised dosing of antibiotics - understanding PK/PD, clinical breakpoints, and therapeutic drug monitoring
Optimised dosing of antibiotics - understanding PK/PD, clinical breakpoints, and therapeutic drug monitoring; Boston, United States, 9 – 10 October 2023. [more]
Cefiderocol susceptibility testing - an update
This is to inform all EUCAST users that the evaluation of cefiderocol susceptibility testing methods is being taken very seriously by EUCAST and still on-going. Our aim is to have a modified recommendation available on the...[more]
Consultations on B. melitensis and B.anthracis 1 Sept - 20 Oct
See public consultations on Brucella melitensis and Bacillus anthracis (1 Sept - 20 Oct). [more]
Correlation between MIC and disk diffusion for anaerobic bacteria. Updated file with more antibiotics.
The correlation between MIC and inhibition zone diameters in disk diffusion is excellent when utilizing species specific breakpoints for anaerobic species and species groups, in the same way EUCAST has dealt with facultative...[more]
Antifungal breakpoints and ECOFFs and QC tables updated.
Antifungal breakpoints and ECOFFs and QC tables updated. [more]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Sensititre broth external contamination.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Sensititre broth external contamination. Several laboratories, including the EUCAST Development Laboratory, have over the last several months experienced contamination of packages of Sensititre broth....[more]
Updated statistics on the use of EUCAST websites
At regular intervals the EUCAST/ESCMID provider of web services reports on the use of EUCAST websites. The number of visits to www.eucast.orgis now 60 000 - 80 000 per month. The number of unique page views are 140...[more]
