1.The gram stain shown here demonstrates many neutrophilic leukocytes, one of which contains gram negative intracellular diplococci indicative of Neisseria gonorrheae infection.
1.The major genera with the largest representation in the oral cavities include: streptococcus, prevotella, haemophilus, rothia, veillonella, neisseria, fusobacterium, and porphyromonas.
4.Prophylactic antibiotics can also be administered, to avoid outbreaks of bacterial meningitis like in households where individuals haven't been vaccinated against Neisseria meningitidis.
5.But, by far, infection is the most common trigger for meningitis across all age groups, like with the Neisseria meningitidis bacteria or herpes simplex virus for example.
6.Having an absent or non-functional spleen means a person is susceptible to encapsulated bacteria - like Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Salmonella species - since encapsulated bacteria are normally opsonized and then phagocytized by macrophages in the spleen.