A young male complains of burning sensation upon urination and a purulent urethral discharge. Gram stain of the specimen shows pus cells with Gram negative diplococci. What is not true about the organism?

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B. Intracellular obligate. The picture depicts Neisseria gonorrhea which have pili as a virulence factor and are both catalase and oxidase positive and show slow twitching (false kind of motility) But are not strict intracellular aerobes.it could be extracellular.

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A. Pili is a virulence factor

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C. Show twitching motility

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D. It is both catalase and oxidase positive

A young male complains of burning sensation upon urination and a purulent urethral discharge. Gram stain of the specimen shows pus cells with Gram negative diplococci. What is not true about the organism?

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A young male complains of burning sensation upon urination and a purulent urethral discharge. Gram stain of the specimen shows pus cells with Gram negative diplococci. What is not true about the organism?

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