Meningococci medical comic
Meningococci is an illustrated medical comic on neurological infections and bacteriology. Preview the first pages above for free; members can read the full comic and every other comic in the library.
For MBBS, NEET-PG, FMGE, NEXT and USMLE revision.
Meningococci: an illustrated medical comic
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- Gram stain appearance of *Neisseria meningitidis*
- Gram-negative, kidney- or bean-shaped diplococci with the concave sides facing each other, often inside neutrophils in CSF
- Oxidase and catalase results of *Neisseria* species
- Both oxidase-positive and catalase-positive; the oxidase test is the quick first clue to a *Neisseria* colony
- Sugar fermentation of *N. meningitidis* versus *N. gonorrhoeae*
- Meningococcus ferments glucose and maltose; gonococcus ferments glucose only; neither ferments sucrose or lactose — MeninGococcus = Maltose + Glucose.
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