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tubercle bacillus

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bacillus /ba·cil·lus/ (bah-sil´us) pl. bacil´li   [L.]
1. an organism of the genus Bacillus.
2. any rod-shaped bacterium.
Calmette-Guérin bacillus  bacille Calmette-Guérin.
coliform bacilli  gram-negative bacilli resembling Escherichia coli that are found in the intestinal tract; the term generally refers to the genera Citrobacter, Edwardsiella, Enterobacter, Escherichia, Klebsiella, and Serratia.
dysentery bacilli  gram-negative non–spore-forming rods causing dysentery in humans; see Shigella.
enteric bacillus  a bacillus belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae.
tubercle bacillus  Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
tubercle bacillus
n.
The rod-shaped, gram-negative, aerobic bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis that causes tuberculosis. Also called Koch's bacillus.
bacillus [bah-sil´us] (pl. bacil´li) (L.)
1. an organism of the genus Bacillus.
2. any rod-shaped bacterium.
anthrax bacillus Bacillus anthracis.
Calmette-Guérin bacillus bacille Calmette-Guērin.
coliform bacilli gram-negative bacilli found in the intestinal tract that resemble Escherichia coli, particularly in the fermentation of lactose with gas.
colon bacillus Escherichia coli.
glanders bacillus Pseudomonas mallei.
Hansen's bacillus Mycobacterium leprae.
legionnaire's bacillus Legionella pneumophila.
tubercle bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
typhoid bacillus Salmonella typhi.
bacillus
pl. bacilli [L.]
1. an organism of the genus Bacillus.
2. any rod-shaped bacterium.
Battey bacillus
mycobacteriumintracellulare.
Calmette-Guérin bacillus
mycobacteriumbovis, rendered completely avirulent by cultivation over a long period on bile-glycerol-potato medium. See also bcg vaccine.
Friedländer's bacillus
klebsiellapneumoniae.
glanders bacillus
burkholderiamallei (previously Pseudomonas mallei).
Hansen's bacillus
mycobacteriumleprae.
tubercle bacillus
mycobacteriumtuberculosis.
typhoid bacillus
salmonellatyphi.
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Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or Tuberculosis) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis-Information on Tuberculosis by Peter Sams / Health, general community
John Snow's use of early epidemiologic tools to associate cholera deaths with water from the Broad Street pump, Louis Pasteur's development of vaccines, and Robert Koch's discovery of tubercle bacillus and the cholera vibrio all get their deserved attention; Florence Nightingale's use of numerical data to demonstrate improvements in patient hygiene comes as a pleasant surprise.
Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World by Ward, John W. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
A: It is estimated that as much as 90 percent of the population may have harbored the tubercle bacillus at some time in their lives.
Tuberculosis in the AIDS era by Nutrition Health Review
 
 
 
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