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National Antibiogram Committee

PRESENTATIONS

• "NAC Bureau and Activities"
• "Gram-negative organisms"
• "Staphylococcus aureus"
• "Enterococcus spp"
• "Challenge panel of isolates for the verification of antibiotic susceptibility testing methods"
• "NAC Updates 2018."
• "NAC Updates 2019."
• New definitions and guidelines in EUCAST", presentations of the webinar (September 24th 2021).
  • "Introduction" [Youri GLUPCZYNSKI, NAC)].
  • "New definitions of S, I, R and areas of technical uncertianty (ATU)" [Daniel TD HUANG ( (CHU UCL Namur, Godinne)].
  • "Practical consequences of the new I category of EUCAST on epidemiological surveillance and on changes in dosing of antimicrobial agents: experience at one university hospital" [Stefanie DESMET (UZ Leuven, Leuven)].
  • "Suggestions on how to manage the implementation of new I breakpoints and the ATU in the laboratory system" [Anne-Marie Van den Abeele (AZ Sint-Lucas, Ghent)].
  • "Local experience of swirching to new EUCAST guidelines" [Laetitia BRASSINE (Cliniques de l'Europe, Brussels)].

EUCAST GUIDELINES: NEW DEFINITIONS  (S  I  R)

• EUCAST guidelines (latest version).
• NAC communication.
• EUCAST newsletter .

GUIDELINES

• "Standard list of antimicrobials to be tested in vitro and suggestions for reporting by group of pathogens."
  • Introduction.
  • Table 1: Enterobacteriaceae.
  • Table 2: Pseudomonas spp.
  • Table 3: Acinetobacter spp.
  • Table 4: Stenotrophomas maltophilia.
  • Table 5: Staphylococci.
  • Table 6: Enterococci.
  • Table 7: Streptococcus pneumoniae.
  • Table 8: Group A, B, C and G streptococci.
  • Table 9: Other streptococci.

INFORMATION

• "Intrinsic resistance and exceptional resistance phenotypes of bacterial pathogens."
  • Intrinsic resistance.
  • Exceptional resistance phenotypes.
• "EUCAST: General consultation on breakpoints for temocillin." Belgian comments.