Maltose-negative Neisseria meningitidis isolated from a case of male urethritis.
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.
Phillips
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Microbiology Department, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Shultz
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TR
Tapsall
J W
JW
Chambers
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IW
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008320:Maltose / Q000378:metabolism; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014526:Urethritis / Q000382:microbiology*
D008320:Maltose