The Division of Public Health Microbiology’s overall goal is to create healthy communities by providing diagnostic services to the citizens of Maryland. These services include, but are not limited to, processing various patient specimens, recovering and identifying infectious agents, and helping physicians to deliver the appropriate antimicrobial therapy to patients. In addition, the division is a reference laboratory for the state of Maryland health care providers and institutions to help them identify and confirm any microbial agent they encounter.

 

Public Health Microbiology tests for and identifies microorganisms causing such infectious diseases as: