NAME ________ DATE___________________ Lab Instructor's Name;_______________________ Module #17 Lab Worksheet 1. What are 2 important criteria in the diagnosis of Neisseria in smear of urethral discharge from a patient? 1.______________________ 2.______________________ 2. Discuss the procedure (media and incubation conditions) used to culture Neisseria species in the laboratory. 3. Are there commensal Neisseria which exist as normal flora in the body? 4. Can species of Neisseria distinguished from one another, by either the gram stain or the Oxidase test? 5. How can these agents be distinguished by CTA sugar fermentation tests? 8. Which of the pathogenic species of Neisseria are more drug resistant (difficult to treat)? Why? 9. Draw a flow chart for identification the common Neisseria
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