title: Maltose-negative Neisseria meningitidis isolated from a case of male urethritis.
abstract: A maltose-negative strain of Neisseria meningitidis isolated from a male patient with urethritis was initially identified as a gonococcus on the basis of carbohydrate utilization tests. Additional investigations initiated because of atypical colony morphology and a negative superoxol reaction showed the isolate to be a meningococcus with defective maltose-phosphorylating capacity.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Shultz
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Tapsall
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008320:Maltose / Q000378:metabolism; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014526:Urethritis / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D008320:Maltose