THE GONOCOCCUS GROUF 349 
respiratory tract. It lias been found upon the cornea/ where it may 
rarely set np an inflammation. Such cases must be carefully differ- 
entiated from true uonorrheal infections. 
Bacteriological Diagnosis.— The organism is of importance chiefly 
through its striking resemblance to the meningococcus and the gono- 
coccus. It differs from these diplococci both in its relatively luxuriant 
growth upon artificial media and its ability to grow at room tem- 
perature. It resembles them in its intracellular disposition and in 
its staining reactions. 
Droplet infection and transmission by contact are possible means 
of dissemination, and appropriate precautions should be taken to 
prevent this. 
' Brons: Centralbl. f. Bakteriol. orig., 1909, 48, 141. 
