Specialist Testing
For some more in depth details of our testing services, use the searchable table below. Alternatively, check out our services to see the full range of what we can offer.
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| Area | Lab name | Lab location | Test name | Organisms | Link |
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| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Etest minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) | Aerobic or facultative bacteria | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) confirmation | Enterobacteriaceae | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) gene PCR and sequencing | Enterobacteriaceae | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | IMP, VIM and NDM carbapenemase gene PCR | Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | KPC carbapenemase gene PCR | Enterobacteriaceae | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | mecA gene PCR | Staphylococci with borderline oxacillin susceptibility | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) | Isolates from serious infections that require bactericidal action for optimal treatment efficacy | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | OXA-23-like, OXA-40-like, OXA-58-like and OXA-51-like carbapenemase gene PCR | Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | OXA-48-like carbapenemase gene PCR | Enterobacteriaceae | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase gene PCR | Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp and Salmonella spp | Details |