EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
Rapid AST directly from positive blood culture bottles
Methods, QC and breakpoints for rapid AST (reading inhibition zones after 4, 6 and 8 hours incubation) are now available. [more]
New definitions of S, I and R now in Spanish
The presentations describing how to implement the new definitions of S, I and R and the Area of Technical Uncertainty (ATU) in laboratories are now available in both English and Spanish.[more]
Consultation on H.influenzae and breakpoints for piperacillintazobactam
Consultation on H. influenzae and breakpoints for piperacillintazobactam - a proposed modification from 1 / 1 to 0.25 / 0.25 mg/L (open 7 November to 30 November, 2018). [more]
Meropenem - a problem in a Sensititre panel discovered.
A problem withmeropenem in aThermo Fisher Sensititre panel(DKMNG) was discovered (6 November, 2018) [more]
EUCAST Rapid AST directly from blood culture bottles
EUCAST will shortly publish recommendations for how to perform rapid AST directly from blood culture bottles. During November, 2018, methods, breakpoint tables for interpretation and QC recommendations will be published.[more]
New publication (in CMI) from the EUCAST AFST subcommittee.
How to:EUCAST recommendations on the screening procedure E.Def 10.1 for the detection of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus isolates using four-well azole-containing agar plates. J. Guinea, P.E. Verweij, J....[more]
Consultation - Oral amoxicilin breakpoints for S.pneumoniae
General consultation (24 Oct - 30 Nov, 2018) on proposed amoxicillin oral breakpoints for Streptococcus pnaeumoniae. [more]