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Date1882
AuthorFriedlander
ContributionReported diplococci (pneumococci) in large numbers in lung sections taken at autopsy in cases of pneumonia.
ReferenceAnon.
NotesCarl Friedlander (a with umlaut). In further work in the following years, his results were clouded by confusion between the diplococcus and a bacillus that was very short and occurred in pairs (later named Klebsiella pneumoniae). Garrison gives 1883.
CategoryCausation
Pathogen ClassBacteria

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