Neisseria Flashcards
Gram (-) diplococci
Has pili
Obligate aerobe
Fastidious
Capnophilic
Neisseria
Neisseria motility
Non motile
Neisseria:
Catalase / Oxidase / Superoxol
(+)(+)(+)
Transport system for Neisseria
JEMBEC system
Presumptive screening test for gram (-) cocci
Oxidase test (Taxo N)
Result of Oxidase test
Purple
(+) Neisseria, Moraxella, Aeromonas, Pseudomonas
Reagent of Superoxol catalase test
30% H202
Result of Superoxol catalase test
Vigorous bubbling formation
Coffee bean shaped in PMN
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria:
Oxidase / Fermentation
(+) (F- glucose)
Virulence of N. gonorrhoeae
Pili
Causes gonorrhea
Drip epididymitis (male)
Cervitis, Salphyngitis (female)
Anorectal gonorrhea (homosexuals)
N. gonorrhoeae
Causes Opthalmia neonatorum (blindness)
Pharyngitis (from oral sex)
N. gonorrhoeae
Causes Fitz- Hugh Curtis and PPNG
N. gonorrhoeae
N. meningitidis carrier
Nasopharynx
Virulence factor of N. meningitidis
Capsule
Endotoxin
Causes meningitis
Meningococcemia (lead to DIC)
N. meningitidis
Causes Waterhouse - Freiderichsen syndrome
N. meningitidis
Disease in adrenal gland caused by N. meningitidis
Waterhouse - Freiderichsen syndrome
Other infection caused by Neisseria
Wound infection
Pneumonia
UTI