MICROBIOLOGY
- Gram-negative diplococcus, appears identical to N. gonorrhoeae.
- Grows easily on blood chocolate agar.
- Colonizes upper airways in 5-15% of population, found only in humans.
- Commonly produces beta-lactamase, 95% of strains resistant to amoxicillin.
Moraxella catarrhalis was found in Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.
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