Eberth's bacillus

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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.