Neisseria

Question 1

How can Neisseria gonorrhea be transmitted?

Answer 1

Direct contact

Question 2

How can we differentiate between N.meningitidis & N.gonorrhea?

Answer 2

Maltose fermentation

Question 3

A child was brought to the hospital with pus in the brain. CFS sample was taken and it showed a gram negative diplococci. What is the causative agent?

Answer 3

Neisseria meningitidis

Question 4

What is the reservoir for Neisseria meningitides in humans?
A) Oropharynx
B) Nasopharynx

Answer 4

B) Nasopharynx

Question 5

What allows Neisseria gonorrhea to adhere to the urethral surface?

Answer 5

Fimbriae

Question 6

-utilization of which of the following is used to identify N.Gonorhea ? *Final Que

Answer 6

Glucose

Question 7

What is the reservoir for Neisseria meningitides in humans?

Answer 7

Nasopharynx

Question 8

What allows Neisseria gonorrhea to adhere to the urethral surface?

Answer 8

Fimbriae

Question 9

Which serogroup of N. meningitides causes epidemic meningitis in Africa?( FB2 2013)
A.A
B. B
C. C
D. W-135

Answer 9

A

Question 10

What mediates the attachment of Neisseria gonorrhea to the mucosal surface of the endocervix? ( FB2 2014 )
A) flagella
B) fimbriae
C) type IV pilus

Answer 10

fimbriae

Question 11

what enables Neisseria gonorrhea to resist intracellular killing by phagocytosis?( FB2 2014 )
A) Catalase
B) Outer membrane proteins
C) Polysaccharide capsule

Answer 11

Catalase