EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
Instruction videos from EUCAST - AST with EUCAST disk diffusion.
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing with disk diffusion according to EUCAST- the first of10 instruction videos from EUCAST is now on Youtube. LINK The next four videos will be made available before mid-September.[more]
Addendum to "Warning concerning the use of currently available colistin gradient tests"
Report on further testing of colistin gradient tests from bioMerieux and Liofilchem using agars from BBL, Oxoid (Thermofisher) and bioMerieux. [more]
Colistin susceptibility testing and semi-automated devices
The recently issued warning against colistin gradient tests have generated questions in relation to semi-automated AST devices such as Vitek2, Phoenix and MicroScan. We have added a comment to explain that we cannot the use or...[more]
Warning against the use of colistin gradient tests!
The EUCAST Development Laboratory together with EUCAST Network Laboratories have evaluated the colistin gradient tests currently available from bioMérieux and Liofilchem.MIC-values are often too low and this causes false...[more]
What to do when there are no breakpoints? EUCAST guidance.
What to do when there are no breakpoints? EUCAST guidance. Sometimes there are no breakpoints for a certain species/agent combination. This document provides guidance from EUCAST on how to proceed. [more]
Evaluation of disks from 9 manufacturers updated
The document "Evaluation of disks from 9 manufacturers" has been updated. [more]
VetCAST - Minutes and information from the latest meetings
VetCAST met twice during ECCMID in Amsterdam 2016. Presentations and minutes from meetings are now available on the VetCAST webpage.[more]
