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07/05/06 - 08:59 PM             #1

Is Neisseria species catalase positive?

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07/05/06 - 09:03 PM             #2

did you mean oxidase positive

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07/05/06 - 09:05 PM             #3

no.
I know it is oxidase positive.

I saw in a kap chart that it is Catalase positive.. wondering if its correct.


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07/05/06 - 09:08 PM             #4

Catalase positive

Staphyloccocus and Enterobacteriaceae all of them


Oxidase positive

_neisseria

-pseudomona

-vibrio



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07/05/06 - 09:09 PM             #5

maybe a printing error ?

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07/05/06 - 09:11 PM             #6

The catalase positive organisms that I know about are:
SPACE:

-Staph aureus
-Pseudomonas aeuruginosa
-Aspergillus
-Candida
-Enterobacteriaceae, especially Klebsiella

as stated in Kap...

but later in the flow charts it says Neisseria species is also Catalase +....

So... is it?
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07/05/06 - 09:12 PM             #7

By the way it says:
Catalase + AND Oxidase +





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07/05/06 - 09:16 PM             #8

And Oxidase + organisms are:
VP CHN

Vibrio
Pseudomonas
Campylobacter
Helicobacter
Neisseria

(Enterocacteriae are oxidase negative)


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07/05/06 - 09:22 PM             #9

there is and old posting that you did,I will bring it

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07/05/06 - 10:07 PM             #10

OMG, I did ask that before a looong time ago, and i forgot! sad

Thanks for reminding me. smiling face


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07/05/06 - 10:24 PM             #11

N. gonorrohoeae is catalase AND oxidase positive. I always do both on this organism.

M. catarrhalis is also catalase positive. It's a good clue if you have a colony you're suspicious of on your respiratory cultures.


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07/05/06 - 10:26 PM             #12

yeah baby

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07/06/06 - 10:29 AM             #13

Thanks again bactitech! smiling face

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