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. 1989 Dec;27(12):2851–2852. doi: 10.1128/jcm.27.12.2851-2852.1989

Maltose-negative Neisseria meningitidis isolated from a case of male urethritis.

E A Phillips 1, T R Shultz 1, J W Tapsall 1, I W Chambers 1
PMCID: PMC267141  PMID: 2512327

Abstract

A maltose-negative strain of Neisseria meningitidis isolated from a male patient with urethritis was initially identified as a gonococcus on the basis of carbohydrate utilization tests. Additional investigations initiated because of atypical colony morphology and a negative superoxol reaction showed the isolate to be a meningococcus with defective maltose-phosphorylating capacity.

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