Module Five Pre-assessment

Question 1

Most members of Neisseria spp. share the characteristics of being both catalase and oxidase negative.

Answer 1

False

Most Neisseria spp. including pathogenic Neisseria spp, Neisseria gonorrheae, and Neisseria meningitidis are catalase and oxidase positive.

Question 2

Gram negative intracellular diplococci on a Gram stain smear from penile discharge from a man experiencing symptoms highly correlates with an infection from Neisseria gonorrheae.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Neisseria gonorrhoeae can cause eye infection in the newborn baby after vaginal delivery.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Neisseria spp. such as Neisseria meningitidis can be isolated as normal flora from the upper respiratory tract.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Moraxella catarrhalis is different from the Neisseria spp. it stains as a gram positive diplococci.

Answer 5

False

Gram negative diplococci that is oxidase and catalase pos.