EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
Breakpoints and methods for C. diphtheriae and C. ulcerans available
The breakpoint table v 13.0 (2023) is under preparation (release for consultation 5 December, 2022). As part of this table, there are specific breakpoints for Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans.EUCAST has been...[more]
New consultations available
Consultations for 26 September to 7 November posted. Go to the Consultations page. [more]
Cefiderocol testing, continued
The EUCAST Development Laboratory is currently investigating the accuracy and reproducibility of two commercially available cefiderocol MIC devices. We are looking at accuracy and batch to batch variation. As soon as the results...[more]
EUCAST panels for validating AST methods
EUCAST in collaboration with CCUG (the Culture Collection of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden), and EUCAST NACs, has made panels of organisms with phenotypically well characterized levels of...[more]
Updated warning on cefiderocol AST
Investigations into the problems with susceptibility testing of species with breakpoints for cefiderocol have been performed by EUCAST and others. The warning has been updated 16 August, 2022. Work is continued and further...[more]
Corynebacterium consultation - amendments and corrections posted
Since the Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans consultation was posted, a few amendments/corrections were needed.[more]
SOPs 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 updated.
Regular updates at set intervals of SOPs 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9.[more]
