Identification of Neisseria

Henry B. Soloway; John A. Robinson; Lewis Landsberg; Howard Taubin

doi:10.1056/NEJM197111042851920

Identification of Neisseria

Henry B. Soloway, John A. Robinson, Lewis Landsberg, Howard Taubin

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To the Editor: In the August 26 issue of the Journal, Drs. Taubin and Landsberg state that the differentiation between Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis “… depends on the ability of the gonococcus to ferment glucose.” This is incorrect. Both organisms ferment glucose. The differentiation is based on maltose fermentation. The meningococcus ferments it; the gonococcus does not.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1089
Number of pages	1
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	285
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM197111042851920
State	Published - Nov 4 1971

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