Who found out the bacterium of typhoid ?!


Question: Salmonella was named after Daniel Elmer Salmon, an American veterinary pathologist, although it was his partner Theobald Smith (better known for his work on anaphylaxis) who first discovered the bacterium in 1885 from pigs.
Typhoid fever is a systemic disease caused by Salmonella typhi. Symptoms are high fever, prostration, abdominal pain, and a rose-colored rash. Diagnosis is clinical and confirmed by culture. Treatment is with ceftriaxone or ciprofloxacin.


Answers: Salmonella was named after Daniel Elmer Salmon, an American veterinary pathologist, although it was his partner Theobald Smith (better known for his work on anaphylaxis) who first discovered the bacterium in 1885 from pigs.
Typhoid fever is a systemic disease caused by Salmonella typhi. Symptoms are high fever, prostration, abdominal pain, and a rose-colored rash. Diagnosis is clinical and confirmed by culture. Treatment is with ceftriaxone or ciprofloxacin.

Could be that French guy that has the pasture institute named after him.

Karl J. Erberth in 1880





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