Neufeld, Ferdinand
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Neufeld,
Ferdinand, German bacteriologist, 1869-1945. Neufeld capsular swelling - increase in opacity and visibility of the capsule of capsulated organisms exposed to specific agglutinating anticapsular antibodies. Synonym(s):
Neufeld quellung reaction;
Neufeld reaction;
quellung phenomenon;
quellung reaction;
quellung test Medical Eponyms © Farlex 2012
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