Eberth's bacillus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

It was described in 1880 by Karl Joseph Eberth. The pathogen of typhoid fever, it has since been renamed Salmonella typhi.

Noun[edit]

Eberth's bacillus (plural Eberth's bacilli)

  1. The bacillus Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica, the cause of typhoid.
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