- Dцderlein bacillus
- Dц·der·lein bacillus (durґdər-līn) [Albert Siegmund Gustav Dцderlein, German obstetrician and gynecologist, 1860–1941] see under bacillus.
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Dцderlein bacillus
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Dцderlein bacillus — one of the gram positive rods commonly found in vaginal secretions that may consist of mixtures of Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. casei, L. cellobiosisus, L. fermentum, or Leuconostoc mesenteroides. Said by some to be identical with L. acidophilus … Medical dictionary