GNC (Both: Ferment glucose & produce IgA proteases)

Question 1

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Answer 1

Gram (-) Diplococci. Catalase +. Oxidase +. Chocolate agar or TMA. Ferments only glucose (not maltose). Within PMN leukocytes. No capsule.

Gonorrhea. Septic Arthritis. Neonatal conjunctivitis. Cervicitis. Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome urethritis. PID. Dissemination. STD.

Question 2

Neisseria meningitidis

Answer 2

Polysaccharide Capsule. Ferments glucose and maltose.

Polysaccharide vaccine (but not for Type B - most common type). Respiratory & oral secretions. Meningococcemia. Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome. Hemorrhagic skin lesions. Meningitis.