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PRACTICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2: LAB DIAGNOSIS OF NEISSERIA MENINGITIDES AND CSF CULTURE

Oxidase test

Blood agar

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Chocolate agar

Candle Jar

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Sugar fermented with acid only

Sugar fermented with acid and gas

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Gram stain (Neisseria smear)

Gram negative diplococci (Neisseria film)

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Smear stained with gram stain show diplococci intra and extra polymorphs Neisseria.

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Smear stained with methylene blue show diplococci intra and extra polymorphs Neisseria.

Gram negative diplococcic Neisseria from culture

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