University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik
established in 1921 - sanatorium for TB patients;- today:
- clinical institution
- 45 MD, 220 beds
- 8 clinical wards, 7,500 clinical admissions and 46,000 outpatients' consultations a year;
educational institution for MD, under- and postgraduate students of medicine and health care;
research work - 20 researchers (no professional); co-operation within projects:- IMCA II (the 7th FP ),
- 2 projects (the 6th FP),
- 6 other European projects,
- 21 Slovenian projects.
National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria GOLNIK
- Diagnostic laboratory - performs more than 85% of laboratory diagnostics of TB and other mycobacterial diseases in Slovenia:
smears (n= 9,200),
cultures (n= 9,300),
direct NAAT (n=1600),
identification of MTc, NTM,
DST (PM, BACTEC MGIT 960),
DNA fingerprinting (on all C+ patients),
IGRA - QFT (n=1500); - EQC - for all tests (except QFT) for several years;
- educational and advisory centre for some Balkans TB centre (Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia); - research.
NRL Slovenia
Manca Zolnir-Dovc, PhD
Specialist in Medical Microbiology
Head
Mycobacteriology Laboratory National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria Golnik, 36 4204 Golnik
Slovenia
Website:
http://www.klinika-golnik.si/en/index.php