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    Neisseria spp.

    Neisseria spp.

     Gram-negative diplococci.
     Aerobic.
     Produce oxidase that differentiate them from
    streptococci.
     Most are catalase-positive.
     Non- sporing ,non-motile.
     Ferment sugars producing acid but not gas.
     susceptible to temperature changes (above or below 37c),
    drying, U.V light.
    Medically important Neisseria :

     1. Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococci)


     2. Neisseria meningitidis ( meningococci).
    -both of them are strict human pathogen
    Neisseria Meningitidis
    General characteristics:
     Oval Gram-negative diplococci bean-shaped.
     Capsulated and possess pili and non- motile.
     Strict parasites, do not survive long outside of the host
     Typically seen in large numbers inside polymorph nuclear
    leukocyte or extracellular.
     Aerobic.
     Produce catalase and oxidase.
     Pathogenic species require enriched complex media and CO2.
     Do not possess flagella or spores.
     Capsulated and possess pili.
    Cultural characters

     Can grow in blood agar, Heated blood agar(Chocolate


    agar) .
     Growth is also improved by incubation in the presence of
    5% CO2.
     Growth temperature is 36-39⁰C.
     Colonies are 1-2 mm in diameter, convex, grey and
    transparent after 48 h colonies are larger with an opaque
    center.
     No hemolysis in blood agar.
    Biochemical reactions

    • Produce oxidase.
    • Ferment maltose and glucose.
    Virulence factors

     Polysaccharide capsule. The most common (A, B, C, Y, and W135).


     pili.
     IgA protease that cleaves the IgA antibodies present in respiratory mucosa.
    Pathogenesis

     Humans are the only natural hosts.


     Colonize the nasopharynx and become transient flora of
    the upper respiratory tract.
     From the nasopharynx, the organism spread to meninges
    via bloodstream and grow in the cerebrospinal fluid.
    Diseases
     Meningitis
     Meningococcemia
    Laboratory diagnosis

     The laboratory diagnosis of N. meningitidis infections is


    made by recovering the organism in cultures of spinal
    fluid, blood.
     Several methods for laboratory diagnosis such Latex
    agglutination test (identify capsular antigens )in CSF.
    Neisseria Gonorrhoeae

     General characteristics:
     Kidney bean-shaped.
     Gram negative diplococci ( Intacellular polymorph
    nuclear from urethral smear from symptomatic is
    suggested N. Gonorrhoeae
    • Occurs in pair
     Non motile
     non capsule and have pilli
    Gram staining (The extra cellular and
    intracellular gram-negative diplococci)
    Cultural characters

     Grow in enriched media (chocolate agar) and selective


    media Modified Thayer Martin (Chocolate agar +
    antibiotics) in presence 5% of CO2
     Growth temperature is 37 ⁰C

    Biochemical reactions
    • Produce oxidase
    • No ferment maltose only glucose
    Colonies of Neisseria gonorrhoeae on
    chocolate (A) and blood agar plates (B)
    Virulence factors

     pili the most important virulence factor attachment to


    mucosal surfaces and inhibit phagocyte.
     • Lipooligosaccharide (LOS) (a modified form of
    endotoxin).
     • Outer membrane proteins(OMP) : cause attachment of
    bacteria to epithelial cells of the urethra, like pili.
     • IgA protease aids in colonization and degrades of
    antibody.
    Pathogenesis

     • Causes disease only in humans.


     • Transmitted sexually both in males and females and
    causes following diseases:
     1.Gonorrhea
     2.In male cause urethritis
     3.In infant cause Neonatal conjunctivitis
     4. In female cause endocervicitis-Pelvic inflammatory
    disease (PID)
    Laboratory diagnosis

     Specimens include blood, urethral discharge in men,


    cervical discharge in females.
     Different methods of laboratory diagnosis
     Gram staining (gram negative diplococci bean shaped).
     Culture (the organism is cultured on Thayar - Martin Agar
    or chocolate Agar
     Oxidase test(positive)
     Fermentation tests(do not ferment maltose
     Vaccine Meningococcal vaccine: available which contains
    the capsular polysaccharide of strains(A, C, Y, and W135).
    Neisseria gonorrhoeae: no vaccine

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