Friedrich Fehleisen
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Friedrich Fehleisen | |
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 Portrait of Herr Fehleisen by Lovis Corinth | |
| Born | 1854 |
| Died | 1924 (aged 69–70) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Known for | Streptococcus pyogenes, immunotherapy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bacteriology |
Friedrich Fehleisen (/ˈfeːlaɪ̯sən/) (1854–1924) was a German surgeon whose work focused on streptococcal bacteria. Dr. Fehleisen's work played a necessary role in the eventual uncovering of the etiology of many streptococcal illnesses. He made integral contributions to modern medicine's understanding of the Streptococcus pyogenes organism. He was born in Reutlingen, Württemberg, in 1854, and died in San Francisco, California, in 1924.[1]
Fehleisen is notable as the first person to identify the cause of both erysipelas and scarlet fever as the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes in 1883. Fehleisen cultured the bacillus from erysipelas lesions from human subjects. Working on bacteria that infect wounds in 1884, Rosenbach would describe the same organism. Rosenbach gave it the name Streptococcus pyogenes. The German physician Friedrich Loeffler would demonstrate the presence of S. pyogenes streptococci in the throats of patients with scarlet fever.[2]
