Exam 39: Neisseria and Moraxella Catarrhalis

Presumptive identification of an oxidase-positive, gram-negative diplococcus on Thayer-Martin medium from genital sites of a 6-year-old female as Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Generally speaking, Neisseria require what ingredient found in some conventional culture media?

Neisseria meningitidis can be described as

Using charcoal-treated nontoxic swabs and immediate inoculation to appropriate medium and a carbon dioxide-enriched atmosphere describe specimen collection and handling requirements for which organism?

Which statement is true regarding the pathogenesis of N.meningitidis?

Glucose, maltose, sucrose, and lactose are tests most likely performed on a/an

True or False? Amplified molecular assays should be used to assess the successfulness of treatment of infections caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Which statement is true regarding the pathogenesis of N.gonorrhoeae?

Neisseria gonorrhoeae can be described as

Moraxella catarrhalis can be described as a

Organisms belonging to the genus Neisseria are

The bacterial species that can be described as oxidase-positive, glucose-positive, maltose-positive, sucrose-negative, lactose-negative, and a major cause of bacterial meningitis is

Moraxella catarrhalis may be described as

The bacterial species that can be described as oxidase-positive, glucose-positive, maltose-negative, sucrose-negative, lactose-negative, and a major cause of venereal disease is

M.catarrhalis may be differentiated from the gonococci and meningococci based on

Choose the genus that is best described as oxidase-positive, gram-negative cocci that are normal flora of the respiratory and other mucosal surfaces, and that often form diplococci.

Presumptive identification of a gram-negative diplococcus on chocolate agar from eye or ear cultures that is oxidase-positive and that hydrolyzes tributyrin can be made as

The gram-negative coccus that can be described as oxidase-positive, glucose-negative, maltose-negative, sucrose-negative, lactose-negative, and DNAse-positive is

Collection and handling of specimens for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae should optimally include

Not only normal flora of humans and animals, this genus of bacteria contains agents of important diseases such as gonorrhea, meningitis, and septicemia.