PPT-NEISSERIA Gonorrhoeae (GONOCOCCUS )

Virulence Factors Pili or fimbriae Adhesion to host cells amp prevent phagocytosis Outer membrane proteins Porin protein I gt50 of OMP PorB1A strains local and disseminated . B88 ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING (Revised February 2005) READ THIS BROCHURE IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE PROCEEDING NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE REFERENCE STRAINS FOR ANTIMICR INTENDED USE Reference s GUNA Summer Clinical Meeting . 28. th. June 2013. Antibiotic resistance in . Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Today’s prese. nta. tion. Overview of gonorrhoea. Disease. UK surveillance data. Antibiotic resistance. N. gonorrhoeae. . A Review. INTRODUCTION. Progressive antimicrobial resistance in . Neisseria gonorrhoeae . is an emerging public health threat. The Public Health Agency of Canada (the Agency) released updated recommendations in July 2013 for the diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and reporting of gonorrhea. Type . IV P. ilus. retractive. . forces during . microcolony. . development . . K. . B. Eckenrode. 1,2. , I. Spielman. 1. , K. Alzurqa. 1. , C.A, Weber. gonorrhoeae. 2. Learning Objectives. Upon completion of this content, the learner will be able to. Describe the epidemiology of gonorrhea in the U.S.. Describe the pathogenesis of . Neisseria . gonorrhoeae. cultures drawn from your patient, Mrs. I. M. Septic, are growing . gram-positive . cocci. . Mrs. Septic is a 42-year-old woman who was. admitted with a fever and malaise. Which of the following is NOT . honour. of . dr.Albert. . Neisser. who in 1879 discovered the organism causing . gonorrhoea. . . Definition:. Paired, gram negative . cocci. with adjacent sides flattened aerobic and poor . Abdulwahid. . University of . Mustanisiriya. College of Medicine . Third stage . The Neisseria. Gram-negative . cocci. , usually occur in pairs to form (. diplococci. ). The two medically important species are . Received: February 5, 2012/ Revised: February 14, 2012 Accepted: February 17, 2012Corresponding author: Kyungwon Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Gonococcal Infection Immunity and Resistance, Plenary Review Is there protective immunity to gonococcal disease? PA Rice, S Gulati, DP McQuillen, and S Ram The Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infe Neisseria. spp.. Gram’s negative Diplococci . Kidney shape with flat opposing edge. Neisseria. spp.. PATHOGENIC:. N. gonorrhoea. (gonococci, G.C) . . Gonorrhoeae. .. N. meningitidis. Lab # 6. NEISSERIA SPECIES. Contains many species; 2 are human pathogens. Neisseria . gonorrhoea. (gonococcus). Neisseria . meningitidis. (. meningococcus. ). Other species are normal flora that inhabit the upper respiratory tract of humans.. jabar. . Aldhaher. Neisseria. The genus Neisseria contains two important pathogens: . 1. Neisseria meningitidis . 2. Neisseria gonorrhoeae. . N. meningitidis causes meningitis and meningococcemia. . gonorrhoeae. antibiotic . susceptibility: toward tailored antimicrobial . therapy. Laura Phillips. Whole genome sequencing to predict . Neisseria gonorrhoeae . (NG) antibiotic susceptibility: towards tailored antimicrobial therapy..