By James Yost, MD, MS, MBA PGY 2 Emory Family Medicine psp.about.com Background 1805 Meningitis was originally recognized and was virtually 100 percent fatal. 1892 Gram-negative…
Esherichia coli Gram-negative rod Facultative anaerobe Named for Theodor Escherich German physician (ca. 1885) Demonstrated that particular strains were responsible for infant…