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Definition of Klebs-loeffler bacillus

1. Noun. A species of bacterium that causes diphtheria.

Medical Definition of Klebs-loeffler bacillus

1. A species of gram-positive, asporogenous bacteria in which three cultural types are recognised. These types (gravis, intermedius, and mitis) were originally given in accordance with the clinical severity of the cases from which the different strains were most frequently isolated. This species is the causative agent of diphtheria. (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Klebs-loeffler bacillus

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1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"In a large proportion of the cases of angina in scarlet fever the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus is not present. Booker has reported 11 cases complicating scarlet ..."

2. Pediatrics: The Hygienic and Medical Treatment of Children by Thomas Morgan Rotch (1896)
"All patients with diphtheria should bo isolated until the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus has disappeared from the nose and throat. The time when this occurs varies ..."

3. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1893)
"Baginsky has also, like other observers, noticed that, while paralysis is common after the diphtheria caused by the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus, ..."

4. A Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1890)
"known as the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus became a prominent object <>\' -tudy« perhaps the causal ... The Klebs-Loeffler bacillus was found by Loeffler in the ..."

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