RT Book, Section
A1 Carroll, Karen C.
A1 Hobden, Jeffery A.
A1 Miller, Steve
A1 Morse, Stephen A.
A1 Mietzner, Timothy A.
A1 Detrick, Barbara
A1 Mitchell, Thomas G.
A1 McKerrow, James H.
A1 Sakanari, Judy A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1114734541
T1 The Neisseriae
T2 Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology, 27e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071824989
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114734541
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  family  Neisseriaceae  includes  the  genera  Neisseria,  Kingella,  Eikenella,  Simonsiella,  and  Alysiella  (see  Chapter  16).  The  neisseriae  are  gram-negative  cocci  that  usually  occur  in  pairs  (diplococci).  Neisseria  gonorrhoeae  (gonococci)  and  Neisseria  meningitidis  (meningococci)  are  pathogenic  for  humans  and  typically  are  found  associated  with  or  inside  polymorphonuclear  cells.  Some  neisseriae  are  normal  inhabitants  of  the  human  respiratory  tract,  rarely  if  ever  cause  disease,  and  occur  extracellularly.  Members  of  the  group  are  listed  in  Table  20-1.