GRAM-NEGATIVE COCCI

Gram-negative diplococci with adjacent flattened sides; referred to as kidney-,or coffee bean-shaped diplococci

• Neisseria
• Moraxella

Kidney-,or coffee bean-shaped diplococci except

• N. gonorrhoeae
• N. meningitidis
• N. animaloris
• N. elongata

All of Neisseria spp. are catalase positive and oxidase negative except

• N. gonorrhoeae
• N. meningitidis
• N. animaloris
• N. elongata

All are normal commensal organisms present in the upper respiratory tract of humans except

• N. gonorrhoeae
• N. meningitidis
• N. animaloris
• N. elongata

Sensitive to SPS

• N. gonorrhoeae
• N. meningitidis
• N. animaloris
• N. elongata

Neisseria spp. are - capnophilic; cold-sensitive

• True
• False

Is never considered a normal microbiota. Is the second most commonly sexually transmitted infection

• Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Neisseria meningitidis
• Moraxella catarrhalis

Is a leading cause of fatal bacterial meningitis in children and adults. Usually lives asymptomatically in the nasopharynx

• Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Neisseria meningitidis
• Moraxella catarrhalis

Infections are usually localized to the respiratory tract; is the only member of this group of organisms that hydrolyzes DNA; assacharolytic

• Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Neisseria meningitidis
• Moraxella catarrhalis

Painful urination along with a purulent urethral discharge

• Urethritis
• Epididymitis