Department of Clinical Microbiology

QuantiFERON test – identification of latent forms of tuberculosis
Detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A
Detection of Clostridium difficile toxin B

Direct antigen detection
 RSV (nasopharyngeal swab)
 Influenza A, B (nasopharyngeal swab, sinus lavage)
 Rotaviruses (stool)
 Adenoviruses (stool)
 Giardia lamblia (stool)
 Helicobacter pylori (stool)

Detection of papillomavirus “high risk” HPV (swab from the endocervical canal in a special transport
medium, which the laboratory will provide on request)
 Noroviruses Ag (stool)
 Campylobacter jejuni Ag (stool)
 HEV infection with hepatitis E virus – anti-HEV testing by immunochromatographic method and ELISA test
 Malaria Ag, Ab (blood, serum)
 DENGUE fever Ab (blood, serum)
 Tetanus Ab (blood, serum)

Virological serology:

HAV – hepatitis A virus infection:
 anti-HAV IgM

HBV – hepatitis B virus infection:
 HBsAg
 HBsAg – confirmatory test
 Anti-HBc total
 HBc IgM
 anti-HBs

HCV – hepatitis C virus infection:
 anti-HCV

HIV – infection with human immunodeficiency viruses
(HIV-1, HIV-2):
 anti-HIV 1/2 (EIA)
 anti-HIV 1/2 + p24 Ag (VIDAS)

HSV – infection with herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1, HSV-2):
 anti-HSV 1/2 IgM
 anti-HSV 1/2 IgG

VZV – varicella-zoster virus infection:
 anti-VZV IgM
 anti-VZV IgG

CMV – cytomegalovirus infection:
 anti-CMV IgM

EBV – Epstein-Barr virus infection:
 heterophile antibodies:
o Paul-Bunnell reaction
 specific antibodies:
o anti-EBNA EBV IgG
o anti-EBNA EBV IgM
o anti-VCA EBV IgA
 latex agglutination for rapid detection of infectious mononucleosis

Rubella virus:
 anti-Rubella IgM

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBE)
 anti-TBE IgM
 anti-TBE IgG

Bacteriological serology:

Syphilis:
 non-specific antibodies:
o RRR test (rapid reagin test)
 specific antibodies:
o anti-Treponema pallidum (TPHA)

Borrelia:
 B. burgdorferi s. lato IgM (EIA)
 B. burgdorferi s. lato IgG (EIA)
 Western blot B. garinii IgM
 Western blot B. garinii IgG
 Western blot B. afzelii IgM
 Western blot B. afzelii IgG

Helicobacter pylori:
 anti-H. pylori IgG (EIA)
 anti-H. pylori IgA (EIA)

Anthropozoonoses (agglutination reactions):
 anti-Listeria monocytogenes
 anti-Francisella tularensis
 anti-Brucella abortus
 anti-Yersinia enterocolitica

Salmonellosis:
 Widal reaction

Pertussis and Parapertussis (agglutination reactions):
 anti-Bordetella pertussis
 anti-Bordetella parapertussis

Chlamydia:
 Chlamydia pneumoniae IgG, IgA (EIA)
 Chlamydia trachomatis IgG, IgA (EIA)
 Chlamydia trachomatis antigen PCR

Mycoplasmas:
 anti-Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM (EIA)

Leptospira:
 anti-Leptospira Ag pool (KFR)
 anti-Leptospira sp. (EIA)

Serological diagnostics in parasitology:
 Toxoplasmosis
o EIA IgM
o EIA IgG
o IgG avidity

Culture examinations:
 Trichomonas vaginalis

Coprological examinations:
 Helminthological
 Protozoological

Diagnostics of ectoparasites:
 Sarcoptes scabiei and other ectoparasites
Direct detection of Giardia lamblia antigen from stool

1) Microscopic and culture examinations for dermatophytes:
 skin scales, skin scrapings
 nails
 hair, body hair

2) Microscopic and culture examinations for yeasts:
 tonsil swab
 nasal swab
 nasopharyngeal swab
 laryngeal swab
 tongue swab
 buccal mucosa swab
 aspirate from puncture of the paranasal sinuses
 sputum
 bronchoalveolar lavage
 transtracheal aspirate
 conjunctival sac swab
 external auditory canal swab
 skin swab
 wound swab
 surgical material
 abscess punctate
 punctate from effusion in cavities
 cerebrospinal fluid
 blood for hemoculture
 urine
 urethral swab
 prostatic secretion
 ejaculate
 cervical swab
 vaginal swab
 amniotic fluid
 rectal swab
 stool

Determination of susceptibility to antimycotics:
 Disk diffusion method
 E-test (fluconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, echinocandins)
 fungitest

Culture (aerobic, microaerophilic, anaerobic) and microscopic examinations
 tonsil swab
 nasal swab
 nasopharyngeal swab
 laryngeal swab
 tongue swab
 buccal mucosa swab
 pus from periodontal pocket
 aspirate from puncture of the paranasal sinuses
 sputum
 BAL
 transtracheal aspirate
 conjunctival sac swab
 swab from ulcus corneae
 pus from the ear
 skin swab
 wound swab
 catheters and drains
 central venous catheter
 surgical material
 tissues
 abscess punctate
 punctate from effusion in cavities
 cerebrospinal fluid
 blood for hemoculture
 gastric mucosa for Helicobacter pylori
 urine
 urethral swab
 prostatic secretion
 ejaculate
 cervical swab
 vaginal swab
 amniotic fluid
 rectal swab
 stool

The area code before the extension is 037 / 6545 + extension