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While studying blood and mucus samples from the nasopharynx, a bacteriologist took certain measures to conserve the pathogens in the material. Bacterioscopic study revealed the presence of gram-negative cocci looking like coffee beans and arranged in pairs or tetrads. Name the pathogen that was isolated by the bacteriologist:

Answer options

  1. Staphilococcus aureus
  2. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
  3. Moraxella lacunata
  4. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  5. Neisseria meningitidis
Correct answer

Neisseria meningitidis

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