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Weichselbaum's meningococcus
Also known as:
Weichselbaum's coccus
Neisseria meningitidis
Associated persons:
Anton Weichselbaum
Description:
Weichselbaum discovered the causative organism of cerebrospinal meningitis, the micrococcus meningitidis, which he named Diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis.
Bibliography:
A. Weichselbaum, in:
- Fortschritte der Medizin, München, 1887, 5: 573 and 620.
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