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. 1984 Apr;60(2):87–89. doi: 10.1136/sti.60.2.87

Differentiation of gonococcal and non-gonococcal neisseriae by the superoxol test.

H Young, A B Harris, J W Tapsall
PMCID: PMC1046441  PMID: 6423211

Abstract

We evaluated the superoxol (catalase) test as a means of differentiating gonococci from related species of organisms which were cultured from a variety of anatomical sites. An isolate was almost certainly not a gonococcus if it gave a negative superoxol test result, as all but one of 596 available gonococci gave positive test results. However, a proportion of the non-gonococcal neisseriae and isolates of Branhamella catarrhalis, also gave positive test results. The superoxol test is thus a useful addition to the techniques available for the characterisation of gonococci, but additional procedures are needed to confirm the identities of isolates giving positive results.

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