Tag: Neisseria
Urethral Discharge
The urethral discharge is found almost exclusively in humans. The main causative organisms are Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea) and Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia).
The presence of a...
Prophylaxis of meningococcal disease
Meningococcus is a bacterium responsible for about 30% of bacterial meningitis in France. Mortality of this infection is far from negligible despite the sensitivity...
Neisseria
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Neisseria are Gram-negative cocci, diplococci associates, sometimes tetrads and immobile. Strictly aerobic bacteria, only to respiratory metabolism (respiration of nitrate and / or...
Moraxella – Branhamella
These are shaped bacteria or coccobacilli (Moraxella) or cocci (Branhamella). Bacilli are very short, rounded, sometimes coccoid. They are usually in pairs or short...
Bacteria Vaginosis
I - GENERAL ON VAGINOSIS:
The vaginosis or nonspecific vaginitis are frequent infections, characterized by vaginal discharge and due to other agents as Candida, Trichomonas,...
Other Neisseria
These are commensals of the upper airways of humans and animals that are sometimes responsible for chest infections and septicemia, often on land debilitated.
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Acinetobacter
HISTORY:
Beijerinck in 1911 described a germ isolated from the ground, Micrococcus calcoaceticus.
In 1939 De Bord publishes preliminary work on a group of coccobacilli Gram...
Classification Neisseriaceae
This family includes the classical genres:
I Neisseria
II Moraxella
III Acinetobacter
IV Kingella
V Oligella
The genus Acinetobacter is attached to this family, but his characters are very different...