National Reference Laboratory (NRL)

Addresses

Pathogens covered

Laboratory contact person

email

phone No

NRL for polio (NPL-WHO)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 12, Zagreb

enteroviruses, parechoviruses

Assis.Prof. S. Ljubin-Sternak, MD, PhD

sljsternak(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4683-295

NRL for influenza (NIC-WHO)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 12, Zagreb

influenza viruses (P3)

V. Draženović, MD

vladimir.drazenovic(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4683-264

NRL for measles and rubella (NMRL-WHO)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 12, Zagreb

measles and rubella v.

mumps v.

T. Vilibić-Čavlek, MD, PhD

tatjana.vilibic-cavlek(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4683-238

NRL for respiratory and enteric viruses (microbiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 12, Zagreb

RSV, HMPV, adenovirus, coronavirus, rhinovirus, calicivirus, rotavirus

Prof. G. Mlinarić-Galinović, MD, PhD

gordana.galinovic(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4683-210

NRL for chlamydia (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 12, Zagreb

chlamydia: trachomatis, pneumoniae, psittaci

Assis.Prof S. Ljubin-Sternak, MD, PhD

sljsternak(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4683-295

NRL for HIV(infectol. RC-CMH)

Univ. Hosp. for Infect. Dis., Mirogojska 8, Zagreb

HIV

Prof. J. Begovac, MD, PhD

jbegovac(pri)bfm.hr

385-1-4603-222

NRL for viral hepatitis (infectol. RC-CMH)

Univ. Hosp. for Infect. Dis., Mirogojska 8, Zagreb

HBV, HCV, HAV, HEV, HDV, CMV, EBV

Prof. A. Vince, MD, PhD

avince(pri)bfm.hr

385-1-4603-222

NRL for arboviruses and rickettsia (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 12, Zagreb

arboviruses, hantaviruses, hemorrhagic fever v. and rickettsia

T. Vilibić-Čavlek, MD, PhD

tatjana.vilibic-cavlek(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4683-238

NRL forP3 bacteria and viruses (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 12, Zagreb

influenza A (H5), SARS-CV, B. anthracis, F. tularensis, Brucella spp., Y. pestis

V. Draženović, MD

vladimir.drazenovic(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4683-264

NRL for tuberculosis (SNRL-WHO)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 2, Zagreb

M. tuberculosis, nontuberculous, mycobacteria (NTM)

V. Katalinić-Janković, MD

v.katalinic-jankovic(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4683-010

NRL for meningococci (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 12, Zagreb

Univ. Hosp. for Infect. Dis., Mirogojska 8, Zagreb

N. meningitidis

A. Babić-Erceg, MD, PhD,

Assis.Prof. S. Bukovski, MD, PhD,

andrea.babic.erceg(pri)hzjz.hr

sbukovski(pri)bfm.hr

381-1-4863-260

381-1-2826-640

NRL for legionellae (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 2, Zagreb

Legionella pneumophila;

Legionella spp.

Z. Peršić, MD

zdenka.persic(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4863-332

NRL for bordetella and C. diphtheriae (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 2, Zagreb

B. pertussis, B. parapertussis, C. diphtheriae

Z. Peršić, MD

zdenka.persic(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4863-332

NRL for cholera (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 2, Zagreb

Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio spp.

V. Kružičević, MD

visnja.kruzicevic(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4863-342

NRL for salmonella (NSC-WHO)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 2, Zagreb

Salmonella spp. (+other gram-negative enteropathogens)

V. Kružičević, MD

visnja.kruzicevic(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4863-342

NRL for listeriosis (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 2, Zagreb

Listeria monocytogenes

B. Hunjak, MD, MSc

blazenka.hunjak(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4863-292

NRL for borreliosis (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 2, Zagreb

Borrelia burgdorferi

D. Karlović-Martinković, MD

diana.karlovic-martinkovic(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4863-343

NRL for mycoplasma (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 2, Zagreb

M.pneumoniae; Mycoplasma spp.

B. Hunjak, MD, MSc

blazenka.hunjak(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4863-292

NRL for leptospirosis (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 2, Zagreb

Leptospira interrogans

D. Karlović-Martinković, MD

diana.karlovic-martinkovic(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4863-343

NRL for human parasites (epidemiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 2, Zagreb

G. lamblia, Cryptosporidium spp, E. histolytica, A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura, E. vermicularis, Taenia spp, A. duodenale, S. stercoralis, F. hepatica, free living nematodes, Acanthamoeba spp, Trichomonas spp, Plasmodium spp, Babesia spp, Leishmania spp, T. gondii, Echinococcus spp, Toxocara spp, Trichinella spp.

M. Sviben, MD, PhD

mario.sviben(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4863-269

NRL for systemic mycoses (microbiol. RC-CMH)

CNIPH, Microbiol. Services, Rockefellerova 2, Zagreb

Candida spp., Blastoschizomyces spp., Histoplasma spp., Cryptococcus spp., Malassezia spp., Rhodotorula spp, Aspergillus spp., Penicillium spp., Fusarium spp., Cladophialophora spp., Mucor spp, Rhizopus spp., Absidia spp., Pneumocystis jiroveci, Prototheca spp.

Assis.Prof. E. Mlinarić-Missoni, MD, PhD

emilija.mlinaric-missoni(pri)hzjz.hr

385-1-4863-334

NRL for antibiotic resistance surveillance (infectol. RC-CMH)

Univ. Hosp. for Infect. Dis., Mirogojska 8, Zagreb

GAS, pneumococci, enterococci, S. aureus, H.influenzae, E.coli, K.pneumoniae, P.mirabilis, P.aeruginosa, A.baumanii, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., anaerobic bacteria.

Assoc.Prof. A. Tambić-Andrašević, MD, PhD

arjana.tambic(pri)bfm.hr

385-1-4603-222

NRL for molecular typing of nosocomial bacterial pathogens (microbiol. RC-CMH)

Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb

Nosocomial pathogens: S. aureus (including MRSA), coagulase-negative staphylococci, enterococci (including VRE), streptococci, enterobacteriaceae (Klebsiella, E.coli, P.mirabilis, others), nonfermentors (P. aeruginosa, S. maltophilia, Acinetobacter spp, Burgholderia cepacia, others), C. difficile, Corynebacterium jeikeium, others.

Assis.Prof. A. Budimir, MD, PhD

abudimir(pri)kbc-zagreb.hr

385 1 2367-305