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Klebs–Löffler|klɛbzˈlœflə(r)|
The names of T. A. E. Klebs (1834–1913) and F. A. J. Löffler (1852–1915), German bacteriologists, used attrib. to designate the bacterium (Corynebacterium diphtheriæ) which is the cause of diphtheria in man and similar diseases in other animals.
1895Lancet 21 Dec. 1577/1 The difference between it and the Klebs-Löffler bacillus [were] pointed out. 1897Ibid. 5 June 1533/1 We might now fitly speak of conjunctival inflammations as due to gonococci, to trachomacocci, to Weeks bacilli, to streptococci, to Klebs–Löffler bacilli, or to pneumococci. 1897Muir & Ritchie Man. Bacteriol. xv. 329 The organism is..known as the Klebs–Löffler bacillus, or simply as Löffler's bacillus. 1935Discovery XVI. 244/1 An enormous number of cases, mostly drain throats, are rushed off to hospital because the Klebs–Loeffler (diphtheria) bacillus has been found. 1972Pelczar & Reid Microbiol. (ed. 3) xxix. 567 Diphtheria is an acute febrile infection caused by Coryne⁓bacterium diphtheriae, also known as the Klebs–Löffler bacillus. |