Knapp J S, Hook E W
Neisseria Reference Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
J Clin Microbiol. 1988 May;26(5):896-900. doi: 10.1128/jcm.26.5.896-900.1988.
Neisseria cinerea is a commensal Neisseria sp. which was first described in 1906 but was subsequently misclassified as a subtype of Branhamella catarrhalis. N. cinerea resembles Neisseria gonorrhoeae in both cultural and biochemical characteristics and, thus, may also have been misidentified as N. gonorrhoeae. Of 202 patients whose oropharynges were colonized by Neisseria spp., N. cinerea was isolated in 57 (28.2%) patients, including 25 (30.1%) of 83 women, 22 (23.9%) of 92 heterosexual men, and 10 (37.0%) of 27 homosexual men in Seattle, Wash., in 1983 to 1984. N. cinerea was isolated from the urethra of only one (1.1%) patient. The oropharynges of many individuals were colonized persistently by strains of N. cinerea and other Neisseria spp.
灰色奈瑟菌是一种共生奈瑟菌属细菌，于1906年首次被描述，但随后被错误地归类为卡他布兰汉菌的一个亚型。灰色奈瑟菌在培养和生化特征上与淋病奈瑟菌相似，因此，也可能被误鉴定为淋病奈瑟菌。在202例口腔咽部被奈瑟菌属细菌定植的患者中，1983年至1984年在华盛顿州西雅图市，57例（28.2%）患者分离出灰色奈瑟菌，其中83名女性中有25例（30.1%），92名异性恋男性中有22例（23.9%），27名同性恋男性中有10例（37.0%）。仅1例（1.1%）患者的尿道中分离出灰色奈瑟菌。许多人的口腔咽部被灰色奈瑟菌菌株和其他奈瑟菌属细菌持续定植。
