title: European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) Technical Notes on antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
abstract: The main objectives of the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) are to harmonise breakpoints for antimicrobial agents in Europe, and to act as the breakpoint committee for the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) during the registration of new antimicrobial agents. Detailed EUCAST procedures for harmonising and setting breakpoints for antimicrobial agents are available on the EUCAST website. Beginning with the current issue, a series of EUCAST Technical Notes will be published in CMI, based on the rationale documents produced by EUCAST for each of the antimicrobial agents studied, with the aim of highlighting important background information underlying decisions on breakpoints made by EUCAST.
authors.affiliation: Klinisk mikrobiologi, Växjö, Sweden. gunnar.kahlmeter@ltkronoberg.se
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kahlmeter
authors.forename: D F J
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: MacGowan
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Mouton
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Odenholt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodloff
authors.forename: C-J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Soussy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steinbakk
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Stetsiouk
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000592:standards; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000592:standards*; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards*; D005060:Europe; D007391:International Cooperation; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents