The Superoxol Test from Current Topics in Clinical Microbiology, presented by MediaLab

Acute urethral discharge: Lab ID presumptive

The Superoxol Test

Superoxol is an additional spot test that may be helpful in the presumptive identification of N. gonorrhoeae.
Superoxol is 30% hydrogen peroxide, in contrast to the 3% solution that is used in the catalase test.
Other Neisseria species and Moraxella catarrhalis are either negative for this test or give a weak, delayed reaction.

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