Robert Koch and the 'golden age' of bacteriology

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Blevins, Steve M ^a   Bronze, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bacteriology; Cholera; Medical history; Robert Koch; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; AUTOPSY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHOLERA; CORNEA; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LITERATURE; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RABBIT; REVIEW; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TECHNOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS ATTENUATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGY; GERMANY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956615417     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.12.003     Document Type: Review

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