Karl Joseph Eberth | |
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| Born | (1835-09-21)21 September 1835 Würzburg, Germany |
| Died | 2 December 1926(1926-12-02) (aged 91) |
| Alma mater | University of Würzburg |
| Known for | Discovery of the typhoid bacillus |
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| Fields | Bacteriology,pathology |
| Doctoral students | Oswald Bumke |
Karl Joseph Eberth (21 September 1835 – 2 December 1926) was a Germanpathologist andbacteriologist who was a native ofWürzburg.
In 1859 he earned his doctorate at theUniversity of Würzburg, and became an assistant toanatomistAlbert von Kölliker (1817–1905). In 1869 he became a full professor of pathological anatomy at theUniversity of Zurich, and from 1881 until his retirement in 1911, he was a professor at theUniversity of Halle.[citation needed]
In 1880 Eberth described abacillus that he suspected was the cause oftyphoid.[1] In 1884 pathologistGeorg Theodor August Gaffky (1850–1918) confirmed Eberth's findings,[2] and the organism was given names such as "Eberthella typhi", "Eberth's bacillus" and "Gaffky-Eberth bacillus". Today the bacillus that causestyphoid fever goes by the scientific name ofSalmonella enterica subspeciesenterica serovar Typhi.[3][4]
Parts of this article are based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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