Main Bacterial Diseases and their Discoverers
Year |
Disease |
Organism |
Discoverer |
1869 |
Relapsing fever |
Borrelia recurrentis |
O. Obermeir |
1873 |
Leprosy |
Mycobacterium leprae |
Hansen, G.A. |
1877 |
Anthrax |
Bacillus anthracis |
Koch, R. |
1878 |
Suppuration |
Staphylococcus |
Koch, R. |
1879 |
Gonorrhoea |
Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
Neisser, A.L.S. |
1880 |
Typhoid fever |
Salmonella typhi |
Eberth, C.J. |
1881 |
Suppuration |
Streptococcus |
Ogston, A. |
1882 |
Tuberculosis |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
Koch, R. |
1883 |
Cholera |
Vibrio cholerae |
Koch, R. |
1883 |
Diphtheria |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae |
Klebs, T.A.E. |
1884 |
Tetanus |
Clostridium tetani |
Nicolaier, A. |
1885 |
Diarrhoea |
Escherichia coli |
Escherich, T. |
1886 |
Pneumonia |
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Fraenkel, A. |
1887 |
Meningitis |
Neisseria meningitidis |
Weichselbaum, A. |
1888 |
Food poisoning |
Salmonella enteritidis |
Gaertner, A.A.H. |
1892 |
Gas gangrene |
Clostridium perfringens |
Welch, W.H. |
1894 |
Plague |
Yersinia pestis |
Kitasato, S., Yersin, A.J.E. |
1896 |
Botulism |
Clostridium botulinum |
van Ermengem, E.M.P. |
1898 |
Dysentery |
Shigella dysenteriae |
Shiga, K. |
1900 |
Paratyphoid |
Salmonella paratyphi |
Schottmuller, H. |
1903 |
Syphilis |
Treponema pallidum |
Schaudinn, F.R., and Hoffman, E. |
1906 |
Whooping cough |
Bordetella pertussis |
Bordet, J., and Gengou, O. |
1939 |
Q-fever |
Coxiella burneti |
F. Burnet |


