Laboratory Resources

United States

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Report a problem with a product
• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
  (formerly National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards [NCCLS])
• American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
  Reference strain collection
• The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
  Association of U.S. public health laboratories in all 50 states and six territories

International-Multinational

• International Collaboration on Gonococci
  An international collaboration on laboratory issues related to antimicrobial resistance in N. gonorrhoeae: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, quality control and quality assurance; Sampling methods; Strain typing; Diagnostics, Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms.
  For more information or to be added to the electronic mailing list, please contact: Prof J.W. Tapsall, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for STD and HIV, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, Australia 2031
  telephone + 61 2 9382 9079; telefax + 61 2 9398 4275; e-mail j.tapsall@unsw.edu.au
• World Health Organization
  • Manual for the laboratory identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial pathogens of public health concern in the developing world
    A manual to guide decision-making regarding antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial pathogens including N. gonorrhoeae (English, Chapter VI [PDF, 290 k])
  • WHO Western Pacific Region Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility Programme (GASP) Annual Reports
    Annual reports of the WHO Western Pacific Region Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility Programme (GASP): 1996 - 2002
  • WHO maps of antimicrobial drug resistance in South-East Asia and Western Pacific region
    Maps showing prevalence of resistance to penicillin, spectinomycin, fluoroquinolones, and ceftriaxone in Southeast Asia and Australia: 2001-2002
• Australia
  • Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme Annual reports: Communicable Diseases Intelligence
    Annual reports of the Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Program: 1995 - 2003
• Canada
  • National Microbiology Laboratory
    Website of the National Microbiology Laboratory
• United Kingdom
  • Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory (STBRL)
    Website of the Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory
  • National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC)
    Reference strain collection