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 Eponyms in category: Bacteriology - virology - fungus - parasites - microorganisms
 123 main and alternative entries found.
 
Abel's bacillus (Abel-Löwenberg bacteria)
Gram negative, immotile, encapsulated rods of the species Klebsiella.
Abel-Löwenberg bacteria
Gram negative, immotile, encapsulated rods of the species Klebsiella.
Achalme's bacillus
Bacillus discovered by Achalme in 1891.
Achorion schoenleinii (Schönlein's tricophyton)
A rare form of Trichophyton; a fungus which is the cause of favus.
Aertrycke bacillus
Bacille du genre Salmonella, agent de certains empoisonnements d'origin alimentaire.
Anderson's dermacentor
Tick transferring Rocky Mountains spotted fever and tularemia.
Andrews' syndrome
A form of pustulosis palmoplantaris in which there is also a focal infection.
Andrews’ bacterid (Andrews' syndrome)
A form of pustulosis palmoplantaris in which there is also a focal infection.
Andrews’ disease (Andrews' syndrome)
A form of pustulosis palmoplantaris in which there is also a focal infection.
Andrews’ pustulous bacterid (Andrews' syndrome)
A form of pustulosis palmoplantaris in which there is also a focal infection.
Aujeszky's disease virus
A herpesvirus causing pseudorabies in swine.
Australian Murray Valleu virus
Arbovirus.
Babesia
A genus of the order Haemosporidia that consists of parasites - intra-cellular non-pigmented sporozoa - found in the blood of cattle, sheep, horses, dogs, and other vertebrate animals.
Babesiosis
A rare, often severe, and sometimes fatal disease of man caused by an intraerythrocytic protozoan, Babesia microti, and perhaps other Babesia species.
Baird-Parker medium
Agar for isolation and counting of coagulase-positive staphylococcus in foodstuff.
Baldwin-Gardner-Willis operation
A phenomen relating to tubercle bacilluses.
Bancroft's filariasis
A filarial infection caused by Wucheria bancrofti.
Bang's bacillus
Brucella abortus Bang and Fusobacterium necrophorum.
Bargen's bacillus
A diplostreptococcus which is specific in ulcerative colitis.
Bedsonia
Older term for chlamydia.
Besredka's anaphylaxis (Besredka's desensitization)
A method suggested by Besredka for avoiding anaphylactic shock in the practice of serotherapy.
Besredka's antivirus
The filtered and heated broth cultures of bacteria used by Besredka to produce local immunity.
Besredka's desensitization
A method suggested by Besredka for avoiding anaphylactic shock in the practice of serotherapy.
Besredka's egg substrate
Liquid substrate containing egg for the cultivation of tubercle bacteria.
Besredka's method (Besredka's desensitization)
A method suggested by Besredka for avoiding anaphylactic shock in the practice of serotherapy.
Beurmann disease (Schenck's disease)
A chronic disease, occurring in two forms, caused by the fungus Sporothrix schencki.
Beurmann's agent
The agent og sporotrichoses.
Beurmann-Gougerot disease (Schenck's disease)
A chronic disease, occurring in two forms, caused by the fungus Sporothrix schencki.
Brill's disease
An infectious rickettsial disease transmitted by the human louse or a flea and characterized by fever, a transient rash, and falling blood pressure.
Brill-Zinsser disease (Brill's disease)
An infectious rickettsial disease transmitted by the human louse or a flea and characterized by fever, a transient rash, and falling blood pressure.
Brocq's phagadena geometricum
Chronic skin ulcers due to mixed bacterial infection.
Brucella
A nonmotile, aerobic, gram-negative genus of bacteria.
Cullen’s postoperative serpiginosus ulceration (Brocq's phagadena geometricum)
Chronic skin ulcers due to mixed bacterial infection.
d'Alessandro-Comes test
A biochemical test for differentiating between species and families in the genus Enterobacteriacae.
de Almeida's disease (Lutz-Splendore-de Almeida disease)
A blastomycosis caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides (Blastomyces) brasiliensis.
Diplo-bacille de Morax (French) (Morax-Axenfeld bacillus)
The cause of Morax-Axenfeld conjunctivitis.
Diplococcus Morax-Axenfeld (Morax-Axenfeld bacillus)
The cause of Morax-Axenfeld conjunctivitis.
Ducrey's test (Ito-Reenstierna test)
Intracutaneous injection of a killed culture of Ducrey-Krefting bacillus for diagnosis of chancroid.
Ducrey-Krefting bacillus
The cause of the chancroid or soft chancre
Ducrey’s bacillus (Ducrey-Krefting bacillus)
The cause of the chancroid or soft chancre
Ehrlichia bovis
Rickettsia occurring in cattle.
Ehrlichia canis
Rickettsia in dogs causes a pancytopenia, particularly thrombocytopenia.
Ehrlichia ovina
Ricekktsia-like organism occurring in sheep.
Ehrlichia phagocytophilia
Ricekktsia causing a fever condition (tick-borne fever) in cattle and sheep.
Ehrlich’s psittaci (Levinthal-Lillie-Coles bodies)
Virus in the genus Miyagawanella in the Chlamydiaceae family.
Eijkman's test
A test to determine whether coliform bacteria come from from warm-blooded animals.
Escherichia
A genus of gram negative, rod-shaped, facultatively aerobic intestinal bacteria belonging to the family of Enterobacteriaceae, tribe Eschericheae.
Escherichia coli - E. coli
The ubiquitous colon bacillus. Short, plump, gram-negative, non-spore forming motile bacilli almost constantly present in the alimentary canal of man and other animals.
Gilbert's syndrome 2
Chronic pyemic colibacillosis caused by coli bacteria.
Golgi's reproduction cyclus
Sexless reproduction of malaria parasites. Boring stuff.
Gougerot-Houwer-Sjögren syndrome (Sjögren's syndrome (Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren))
Sicca syndrome. A chronic autoimmune disease characterised by keratoconjunctivitis sicca and many other symptoms.
Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome (Sjögren's syndrome (Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren))
Sicca syndrome. A chronic autoimmune disease characterised by keratoconjunctivitis sicca and many other symptoms.
Gram's solution
A solution used for Gram's stain.
Gram's stain
The best known and most widely used bacteriological staining method, it is almost always the first test performed for the identification of bacteria.
Gram’s method (Gram's stain)
The best known and most widely used bacteriological staining method, it is almost always the first test performed for the identification of bacteria.
Griesinger's disease II
A tropical disease which usually appears in barefoot workers operating in damp soil.
Gruber-Widal reaction (Georges Fernand Isidore Widal)
Serological agglutination test for typhoid fever.
Hansen's bacillus
The agent of lepra.
Herrmann's syndrome
A familial camptodactyly syndrome.
Isayev-Pfeiffer phenomenon (Pfeiffer's phenomenon)
Destruction or dissolution of bacteria
Ito-Reenstierna test
Intracutaneous injection of a killed culture of Ducrey-Krefting bacillus for diagnosis of chancroid.
Jennerian vaccination
A procedure using cowpox matter to prevent smallpox.
Landouzy typho bacillosis
A mycobacterial sepsis with a violent – foudroyant - course.
Levinea
A genus of bacteria of gram negative rods in the family Enterobacteriaceae.
Levinthal's agar
A solid nutritious substrate for cultivating demanding microorganisms.
Levinthal-Lillie-Coles bodies
Virus in the genus Miyagawanella in the Chlamydiaceae family.
Lutz' disease (Lutz-Splendore-de Almeida disease)
A blastomycosis caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides (Blastomyces) brasiliensis.
Lutz-Splendore-de Almeida disease
A blastomycosis caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides (Blastomyces) brasiliensis.
Meleney's synergistic gangrene
A postoperative gangrene with a chronic enlarging ulcer due to infection with microaerophilic streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus.
Meleney’s undermining burrowing ulcer (Brocq's phagadena geometricum)
Chronic skin ulcers due to mixed bacterial infection.
Morax-Axenfeld bacillus
The cause of Morax-Axenfeld conjunctivitis.
Moraxella
Genus of bacteria sometimes confused with Neissera.
Moraxella lacunata (Morax-Axenfeld bacillus)
The cause of Morax-Axenfeld conjunctivitis.
Neisser's diplococcus
The bacterium causing gonorrhoea.
Neisseria
A genus of bacteria belonging to the family Neisseriaceae.
Neisseria Catarrhalis
Species of Neisseria found in catarrhal inflammations of the upper respiratory tract.
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Neisser's diplococcus)
The bacterium causing gonorrhoea.
Neisseria hæmolytica
An obsolete term for Gemella haemolysans.
Neisseria meningitidis
Species causing epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis.
Neisseria sicca
Species found in mucous membrane of respiratory tract.
Neissericeae
A family of bacteria that are spherical, gram-negative, nonmotile.
Neumann's procedure (H. Neumann)
A procedure for cultivating gonococci under various oxygen- and carbonic acid tensions.
Nickerson's medium (Nickerson's selective agar)
A substrate for culturing and demonstrating Candida.
Nickerson's selective agar
A substrate for culturing and demonstrating Candida.
Osler's filaria
A parasitic nematode.
Park-Williams bacillus
A special strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated in the U.S. and used for toxin production.
Park-Williams fixative
A fixative for spirochetes
Pasteurella pestis, (Yersinia pestis)
The causative agent of plague.
Petri dish
A shallow, cylindrical dish made of plastic or glass with a cover, used for tissue cultures and to hold solid media for culturing and sub-culturing bacteria.
Petri sand filter.
No description available.
Pfaundler's reaction
Fadenreaktion auf Koli- und Proteusbazillen (German).
Pfeiffer's bacillus
Gram negative, non-motile, non-sporing rod of the genus Haemophilus in the Brucellacae family.
Pfeiffer's phenomenon
Destruction or dissolution of bacteria
Pfeiffer's test
Animal test for bacteriolysis.
Pfeifferella
An obsolete genus of bacteria.
Proteu's bacillus
A genus of gram-negative rods belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae.
Rainey's tube
Sarcocyst.
Reiter's spirochaeta
A variant of treponema closely related to Treponema pallidum.
Salmonella
A genus of bacteria belonging to the family of Enterobacteriaceae.
Salmonella Corner
Ill-reputed fastfood restaurant.
Salmonellosis
Any disease caused by infestation with bacteria of genus Salmonella.
Schenck's disease
A chronic disease, occurring in two forms, caused by the fungus Sporothrix schencki.
Schönlein's tricophyton
A rare form of Trichophyton; a fungus which is the cause of favus.
Semmelweis' method
Disinfection of the hands of the obstetrician or midwife with chloride or lime, as well as clean bedsheaths for the patient, in order to prevent puerperal fever.
Sjögren's disease (Karl Gustaf Torsten Sjögren) (Sjögren's syndrome (Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren))
Sicca syndrome. A chronic autoimmune disease characterised by keratoconjunctivitis sicca and many other symptoms.
Sjögren's syndrome (Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren)
Sicca syndrome. A chronic autoimmune disease characterised by keratoconjunctivitis sicca and many other symptoms.
Sphryanura osleri
A trematode worm found in the gills of a newt.
Trichophyton schoenleinii (Schönlein's tricophyton)
A rare form of Trichophyton; a fungus which is the cause of favus.
Typhobazillose Landouzy (German) (Landouzy typho bacillosis)
A mycobacterial sepsis with a violent – foudroyant - course.
Unna-Ducrey bacillus (Ducrey-Krefting bacillus)
The cause of the chancroid or soft chancre
von Mikulicz-Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome (Sjögren's syndrome (Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren))
Sicca syndrome. A chronic autoimmune disease characterised by keratoconjunctivitis sicca and many other symptoms.
Warthin and Starry method
A technique for identifying spirocheates in tissue.
Wassermann's antibody
Antibody evoked during syphilitic infections.
Widal’s reaction (Gruber-Widal reaction (Georges Fernand Isidore Widal))
Serological agglutination test for typhoid fever.
Widal’s test (Gruber-Widal reaction (Georges Fernand Isidore Widal))
Serological agglutination test for typhoid fever.
Yersin's serum
An antitoxic serum for the plague.
Yersinia
A genus of gram-negative, rod-shaped and non-motile bacteria in the family of Enterobacteriacae.
Yersinia enterocolitica
A species of large coccobacilli that are pathogenic for man.
Yersinia pestis
The causative agent of plague.
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
A gram-negative coccoid or ovoid organism that may cause acute mesenterial lymphadenitis in humans and pseudotuberculosis in birds and rodents.
Yersinia-arthritis
A disease of joints – acute mono- or oligoarthritis – caused by Yersinia enterocolitica or Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
Yersinosis
A collective term for infections with yersinia.
Yersin’s bacillus (Yersinia pestis)
The causative agent of plague.
 

 
 

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