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Scientists and their contributions: Year 1850 1874 1879 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1886 1887 1887 1892 1892 1894 1896

Scientists Davaine and Pollender Hansen Neisser Ogston Robert Koch Robert Koch Loeffler Nicolaier Frankel Escherich Weichselbaum Bruce Pfeiffer Welch and Nuttall Yersin and Kitasato Shiga

Discoveries Anthrax bacilli Lepra bacilli Gonococci Staphylococci Tubercle bacilli Cholera bacilli Diphtheria bacillus Tetanus bacilli Pneumococci E. coli Meningococci Brucella Influenza bacilli Clostridium welchii Plague bacilli Shigella

ROLE OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY Medical microbiology plays an important role in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment and control of infectious diseases. Some of the applications of medical microbiology are:  Confirmation of diagnosis which helps in starting specific treatment  Detection of newer pathogens  Determination of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns  Development of vaccines and immunotherapeutic agents  To trace the source/reservoir of infection  To trace the route of spread of pathogens using epidemiological markers such as gene sequencing  Monitoring of changing profile of pathogens  Distinction between recent and past infections  Monitoring the quality of air, water and food