REFERENCE UNUSUAL PATHOGENS AND RESISTANCE

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Reference, Unusual Pathogens and Resistance

The Reference, Unusual Pathogens and Resistance Section (RUPR) undertakes phenotypic and genotypic analysis to enable the detection and characterisation of bacterial pathogens associated with notifiable diseases and uncommon or difficult to identify bacteria  from human or veterinary origin.  

Laboratory based surveillance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis is conducted as part of the Australian Gonococcal and Meningococcal Surveillance programs.

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Enterobacteriaceae, Enterococci and Staphylococci is also undertaken to support the national Critical Antimicrobial Resistance Alert (CARAlert) program and the Victorian Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae Surveillance and Response Unit (VCRSU).