欧洲疾控中心：2026年脑膜炎奈瑟菌鉴定、抗菌药物敏感性试验和分子分型的外部质量评估报告（英文版）

Invasive meningococcal disease remains a major public health concern because of its rapid progression, severity, outbreak potential and relevance for vaccine-preventable disease surveillance. High-quality laboratory capacity is essential to ensure timely detection, reliable serogroup determination, antimicrobial susceptibility testing and genomic characterisation of Neisseria meningitidis, including for culture-negative cases. This external quality assessment was organised within the IBDLabNe