Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393615098
Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 26, Problem 21RQ
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The inability of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to disseminate in the bloodstream as opposed to Neisseria meningitidis.
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis are human pathogens that cause different diseases. N. gonorrhoeae causes gonorrhea which is a sexually transmitted disease. N. meningitidis causes meningitis that is the inflammation of meninges membrane that covers the brain and the spinal cord.
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