Historical Bibliography Updated: March 2, 2020
The bacillus of acute conjunctival catarrh or “pink eye”.
Publication Details
Arch. Ophthal. (N.Y.), 15, 441-51. 1886 CE.
In 1883 Koch discovered the bacilli of two different forms of infectious conjunctivitis (Egyptian ophthalmia); in 1886. Weeks discovered the same organism to be the cause of “pink-eye”. The organism has become known as the Koch – Weeks bacillus (see also No. 5923).
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #5930 |
| Permanent Link | https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/6860 |
| Author Bio Link | PubMedCentral ↗ |
| External URL | the-bacillus-of-acute-conjunctival-catarrh-or-pink-eye |