verified answers
receptors for human transferrin
capsule
pili for motility
cell membrane proteins
endotoxins/lipopolysaccharides
immunoglobulin A proteases - correct answer ✔✔virulence factors for Neisseriaceae
acute urethritis
endocervix infection
ectopic pregnancy
perihepatitis (Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrom)
blood infections
arthritis
rectal infection
conjunctivitis - correct answer ✔✔diseases of N. gonorrhoeae
Thera-Martin
New York City agar
Martin Lewis agar
GC-lect agar - correct answer ✔✔special inhibitory media for N. gonorrhoeae (contain vancomycin,
colistin, SXT
candle jar - correct answer ✔✔creates CO2 atmosphere without incubator
Gram (-) intracellular diplococci
, small, tan, translucent colony
oxidase positive
30% catalase positive - correct answer ✔✔presumptive ID of N gonorrhoeae?
penicillin
floroquinolones
add azithromycin (coinfection with chlamydia) - correct answer ✔✔treatment of gonorrhoeae?
B, C, W, Y - correct answer ✔✔ceral groups of N. meningitides
epidemic meningitis
1. meningococcal sepsis
2. meningitis - correct answer ✔✔infections of N. meningitides
Will be a blue/gray colony on SBA
If you remove these colonies -has a greenish hue (NOT ALPHA HEMOlYSIS)
On chocolate will be a medium size, convex colony usually tan, sometimes mucoid - correct answer
✔✔presumptive ID of N. meningitides
penicillin (crosses blood brain barrier)
Double up with ceftriaxone
there is a vaccine (gillian-barre syndrome) - correct answer ✔✔treatment of N. meningitides
respiratory infection
3rd most common cause of acute otitis media and sinusitis in children (ear and nose infection) - correct
answer ✔✔moraxella catarrhalis infections
N. meningitidis is 3% catalase positive 30% negative
will grow on SBA - correct answer ✔✔differences in N gonorrhoeae and N meningitidis