Koch's bacillus
Consumption's causative agent
Koch's bacillus is the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, named after Robert Koch, the German physician who identified it in 1882.
The term appears in older medical literature and historical contexts: The patient's sputum tested positive for Koch's bacillus.
Modern usage typically favors *Mycobacterium tuberculosis* or simply *TB bacteria*.
Using up of resources
- phthisisPulmonary wasting disease
- pulmonaryOf the lungs
- lungRespiratory chest organ
- sputumExpelled lung mucus
cough · night sweats · fever · weight loss · cavitation · granuloma · caseous necrosis · latent
Disease caused by microorganisms
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- bacteriologyScience of microscopic organisms
- 1882A specific year
Berlin · laboratory · culture · identification · isolation · staining · scientific breakthrough · medical history
Facility for prolonged recovery
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- streptomycinAminoglycoside antibiotic for TB
- DOTSSmall round marks
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
Microscopic living entity
- rod-shapedLong and cylindrical
- cell wallRigid cellular outer layer
- slow-growingDeveloping at leisurely pace
- aerobicRequiring free oxygen
culture · colony · strain · isolate · incubation · agar · prokaryote · morphology
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- transmissionSending of information
- airborneTraveling through air
- dropletTiny liquid sphere
virulence · pathogenicity · infectious · communicable · exposure · inhalation · contamination · carrier
consumption
Using up of resources
sputum · cough · night sweats · fever · weight loss · cavitation · granuloma · caseous necrosis · latent · active
germ theory
Disease caused by microorganisms
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- bacteriologyScience of microscopic organisms
1882 · Berlin · laboratory · culture · identification · isolation · staining · scientific breakthrough · medical history · postulates
sanatorium
Facility for prolonged recovery
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- streptomycinAminoglycoside antibiotic for TB
- DOTSSmall round marks
resistance · regimen · cure
microorganism
Microscopic living entity
- rod-shapedLong and cylindrical
- cell wallRigid cellular outer layer
- slow-growingDeveloping at leisurely pace
aerobic · culture · colony · strain · isolate · incubation · agar · prokaryote · morphology
infection
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- transmissionSending of information
- airborneTraveling through air
droplet · virulence · pathogenicity · infectious · communicable · exposure · inhalation · contamination · carrier · reservoir
- tuberculosisTB, tubercle, tuberculosis, active TB, cavitation
Koch's bacillusvirus
Microscopic infectious agent
bacteriophage · prion · HIV · influenza virus · SARS-CoV-2
Koch's bacillusLactobacillus
Lactic acid-producing bacterial genus
Bifidobacterium · symbiotic bacteria · gut flora · microbiome
bacteria, Koch's postulates, mycobacterium, Mycobacterium leprae, bacterium, bacillus, bacilli