EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
General Committee 2024 meeting - minutes published
The EUCAST General Committee meeting 2024 was held in Barcelona during ESCMID Global. The minutes are now available. [more]
Proposed change of breakpoints for aminopenicillins in enterococci
Proposed change of breakpoints for aminopenicillins in enterococci (consultation period 7 May - 14 June, 2024). Public consultation is part of the EUCAST decision process. The consultation period is 4 - 12 weeks, and the...[more]
Consultation: benzylpenicillin breakpoints for S.pneumoniae and Viridans group streptococci
EUCAST consultation(3 May - 14 June) on breakpoints for Streptococcus pneumoniae and viridans group streptococci. [more]
Aztreonam-avibactam and cefepime-enmetazobactam now available.
Aztreonam-avibactamhas now obtained regulatory approval and breakpoints from EMA and EUCAST for Enterobacterales. Theseare S≤4, R>4 mg/L. Disk diffusion criteria and QC targets and ranges will be published...[more]
Salmonella enterica - multinational zone diameter distributions uploaded
Salmonella entericazone diameter distributions and ECOFFs for thousands of isolates from many countries were uploaded. The contributions were organised through an ECDC project using phenotypic antimicrobial...[more]
Information for industry - reference and standardised AST.
EUCAST guidance on how to determine MIC values and develop distributions (and zone diameter distributions) for new agents in preparation for EUCAST and EMA evaluation. The development of new agents requires agreement and...[more]
