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Morax-Axenfeld bacillus
Also known as:
Diplo-bacille de Morax (French)
Diplococcus Morax-Axenfeld
Moraxella lacunata
Associated persons:
Karl Theodor Paul Polykarpus Axenfeld
Victor Morax
Description:
The cause of Morax-Axenfeld conjunctivitis. Morax and Axenfeld independently isolated the diplobacillus which causes a chronic conjunctivitis.
Bibliography:
- V. Morax:
Note sur un diplobacille pathogène pour la conjonctivite humaine.
Annales de l’Institut Pasteur, 1896, 10: 337-345.
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