Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology

Department of Staphylococcal and Food-waterborne Bacterial Infections

Head: Dr. Andrea Mančíková, Ph.D.

The department is accredited by the Czech Accreditation Institute.

 

The department is specialized in laboratory diagnostics of staphylococcal and food-waterborne bacterial infections.

The activities of the department cover the following major areas: a) identification of bacterial agents, b) detection of their toxins and other pathotype-defining markers, c) molecular typing of selected isolates.

 

The diagnostics are provided by three National reference laboratories: