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    Gonorrhea Laboratory Information

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    • Identification of N. gonorrhoeae and Related Species
    • Characteristics of N. gonorrhoeae and Related Species of Human Origin
    • Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Laboratory Information
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    Gonorrhea Lab Recommendations 2014

    Recommendations for the Laboratory-Based Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae — 2014 (March 14, 2014)

    Identification of N. gonorrhoeae and Related Species

    • Introduction, Natural Habitat, Pathogenicity, Prevalence
    • Biochemical Tests
      • Detection of acid produced from carbohydrates
      • Enzyme substrate test
      • Nitrate reduction
      • Production of polysaccharide from sucrose
      • DNase
    • Taxonomy

    Characteristics of N. gonorrhoeae and Related Species of Human Origin

    • N. gonorrhoeae
      • Subspecies Neisseria kochii
    • N. meningitidis
    • N. lactamica
    • N. cinerea
    • N. polysaccharea
    • N. flavescens
    • N. mucosa
    • N. sicca
    • N. elongata
    • Moraxella catarrhalis
    • Kingella denitrificans

    Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Laboratory Information

    Laboratory Resources

    Page last reviewed: March 31, 2017
    Content source: Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    home Gonorrhea Laboratory Information
    • Antimicrobial Resistance Susceptibility Testing expand
      • Disk Diffusion
      • Agar Dilution
      • Interpretive Criteria
    • Identification of N. gonorrhoeae and Related Species expand
      • Biochemical Tests expand
        • Acid Detection
        • Enzyme Substrate
        • Nitrate Reduction
        • Polysaccharide from Sucrose
        • DNase
      • Natural Habitat
      • Pathogenicity
      • Prevalence
      • Taxonomy
      • References
    • Characteristics of N. gonorrhoeae and Related Species expand
      • Neisseria kochii
      • Neisseria meningitidis
      • Neisseria lactamica
      • Neisseria cinerea
      • Neisseria polysaccharea
      • Neisseria flavescens
      • Neisseria mucosa
      • Neisseria sicca
      • Neisseria elongata
      • Moraxella catarrhalis
      • Kingella denitrificans
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