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Case Reports
. 1985 Jan;21(1):1-3.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.21.1.1-3.1985.

Nosocomial pneumonia caused by a glucose-metabolizing strain of Neisseria cinerea

J M Boyce, M R Taylor, E B Mitchell Jr, J S Knapp
Case Reports

Nosocomial pneumonia caused by a glucose-metabolizing strain of Neisseria cinerea

J M Boyce et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1985 Jan.

Abstract

We describe what appears to be the first reported case of nosocomial pneumonia caused by Neisseria cinerea. The isolate metabolized glucose when tested in BACTEC Neisseria Differentiation Kits (Johnston Laboratories), but did not produce detectable acid in cystine-Trypticase (BBL Microbiology Systems) agar medium or in modified oxidation-fermentation medium. Clinical laboratories that rely on the BACTEC method for differentiation of pathogenic neisseriae should be aware of the fact that N. cinerea may mimic N. gonorrhoeae when tested in BACTEC Neisseria Differentiation kits. The ability of N. cinerea to grow well on tryptic soy and Mueller-Hinton agars and its inability to grow on modified Thayer-Martin medium are characteristics which help to distinguish N. cinerea from N. gonorrhoeae.

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