A carbohydrate fermentation plate medium is described for rapid and reliable confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, N. meningitidis, and other Neisseria species. The medium is based on a modification of NYC (U.S. Patent 3,846,241) medium, originally designed for the isolation of pathogenic Neisseria (3). A total of 715 clinical isolates were tested for their carbohydrate fermentation reactions ...

During a 12-month period 285 isolates of Neisseria species, other than Neisseria gonorrhoeae, were cultured from patients attending the Department of Venereology, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. There were eight patients in whom genitourinary or rectal isolates of Neisseria meningitidis or Neisseria catarrhalis were found. Differences between data from our series and from previous reports are discu...

Bakteri endofit memiliki karakteristik berada dalam jaringan tumbuhan (akar, batang, daun, dan bunga) tanpa menyebabkan gangguan pada tumbuhan. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui bakteri yang diisolasi dari akar napas (Pneumatofor) Avicennia marina. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan di Mempawah Mangrove Park (MMP), Desa Pasir, Kabupaten Mempawah. Isolasi dengan metode pengenceran tuang (pour pla...

Assessment of value of E-test as an alternative to agar dilution for Neisseria gonorrhoeae 1 antimicrobial susceptibility testing 2 3 4 Liu, Hsi, Thomas H. Taylor, Jr., Kevin Pettus, and David Trees, 5 6 7 8 Division of STD Prevention, NCHHSTP; and Division of Bacterial Diseases, NCIRD 9 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1

We compared the Phadebact Gonococcus Test with conventional methods in identifying 210 strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Of these, 209 strains were correctly identified (99.5%).

Here, we report the draft genome assemblies of 14 azithromycin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae clinical isolates, representing the first such strains identified in Ireland. Among these isolates are the first reported highly resistant strains (MIC >256 mg/liter), which both belonged to the ST1580 sequence type.

Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, C, W, X, and Y cause outbreaks of meningococcal disease. Quadrivalent conjugate vaccines targeting the are available. A pentavalent vaccine that also includes serogroup X (NmCV-5) is under development.

Glycomics is a rapidly growing field that focuses on the structure and function of carbohydrates (glycans) in biological systems. Glycan interactions play a major role in infectious disease, at all stages of colonisation and disease progression. Neisseria meningitidis, the cause of meningococcal sepsis and meningitis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which causes the sexually transmitted infection go...

Spectinomycin resistance in clinical isolates of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae was found to be due to mutations G1064C and C1192U (Escherichia coli numbering) in 16S rRNA genes, respectively.