Skip to main content
. 2019 Sep 4;32(Suppl 3):3–10.

Table 1.

Ceftobiprole and ceftaroline breakpoints and ECOFF values of bacterial species and groups, according to EUCAST-2019.

Microorganism Ceftobiprole Ceftaroline
Clinical breakpoints (mg/L) ECOFF (mg/L) Clinical breakpoints (mg/l) ECOFF (mg/L)
Susceptible (≤) Resistant (>) Susceptible (≤) Resistant (>)
S. aureus(including MRSA) 2 2 1 1* 1**
2***
0.5
S. pneumoniae(including PNSa) 0.5 0.5 0.03 0.25 0.25 0.03
E. faecalis -b - NDc - - ND
Enterobacterales 0.25 0.25 0.12-0.25 0.5 0.5 0.12-0.25
P. aeruginosa IEd IE 8 - - ND
H. influenzae IE IE 0.25 0.03 0.03 0.03
M. catarrhalis IE IE ND IE IE ND
Non-species relatede 4f 4 - 0.5 0.5 -
*

Including pneumonia

**

Pneumonia isolates

***

Other isolates than pneumonia

a

Penicillin-non-susceptible

b

-: no breakpoint

c

ND: not determined;

d

IE: insufficient evidence

e

PK-PD breakpoints

f

Based on PK-PD target for Gram-negative organisms.