Acute urethral discharge: Lab ID presumptive

Question

The positive oxidase reaction as shown in the photograph (yellow arrow) rules out the following two look-alike organisms of N. gonorrhoeae:

More than one answer is correct. Please select all correct answers

Neisseria catarrhalis

Capnocytophaga ochracea

Acinetobacter baumannii

Kingella kingae

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