Koch–Weeks bacillusn.
/ˌkəʊkˌwiːks bəˈsɪləs/, /ˌkɒtʃˌwiːks bəˈsɪləs/, /ˌkɒxˌwiːks bəˈsɪləs/, U.S. /ˌkoʊkˌwiks bəˈsɪləs/, /ˌkɔkˌwiks bəˈsɪləs/, /ˌkɑkˌwiks bəˈsɪləs/, /ˌkɔxˌwiks bəˈsɪləs/, /ˌkɑxˌwiks bəˈsɪləs/, /ˌkoʊxˌwiks bəˈsɪləs/, /ˌkɑtʃˌwiks bəˈsɪləs/ Medicine.
The bacterium, Hæmophilus ægyptius, which is a common cause of infectious conjunctivitis.
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tubercle bacillus1882
Koch's bacillus1885
comma (bacillus)1886
spider-cell1888
Klebs–Löffler1895
Hofmann's bacillus1897
Koch–Weeks bacillus1898
Pfeiffer's bacillus1900
Shiga1900
Hansen('s) bacillus1903
streptobacilli1903
Johne's bacillus1907
wisp bacillus1915
klebsiella1928
Shigella1937
listerella1940
coliform1951
thiobacillus1951
1897 Arch. Ophthalmol. 26 102 Peters and Fuchs claimed never to have been able to find the Koch–Weeks's bacillus.]
1898 R. T. Hewlett Man. Bacteriol. xx. 359 Conjunctivitis is usually of three kinds—viz. the acute, caused by the Koch–Weeks bacillus; the gonorrhœal; and the chronic.
1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. ii. xxxiii. 8/1 Conjunctivitis may occur in epidemic form in schools, offices, etc., the classical epidemic pink-eye, being caused by H. aegyptius (the Koch–Weeks bacillus).
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