pneumonia microben. [compare slightly earlier German Pneumoniemikroben (1889 or earlier)]
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1890 Daily News (Frederick, Maryland) 27 Jan. The great mortality of the prevailing [flu] epidemic is due to the pneumonia microbe developed to an extraordinary extent by influenza.
1998 Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram (Nexis) 20 Feb. (News section) 9Pneumonia microbe linked to high blood pressure.