Anthrax

Bacillus anthracis

Robert Koch

1876

Gonorrhea

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Albert L. S. Neisser

1879

Malaria

Plasmodium malariae

Charles-Louis Alphonse Laveran

1880

Wound infections

Staphylococcus aureus

Sir Alexander Ogston

1881

Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Robert Koch

1882

Erysipelas

Streptococcus pyogenes

Friedrich Fehleisen

1882

Cholera

Vibrio cholerae

Robert Koch

1883

Diphtheria

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Edwin Klebs and Friedrich

1883–84

Typhoid fever

Salmonella typhi

Karl Eberth and Georg Gaffky

1884

Bladder infections

Escherichia coli

Theodor Escherich

1885

Salmonellosis

Salmonella enteritidis

August Gaertner

1888

Tetanus

Clostridium tetani

Shibasaburo Kitasato

1889

Gas gangrene

Clostridium perfringens

William Henry Welch and George Henry Falkiner

1892

Nuttall Plague

Yersinia pestis

Alexandre Yersin and Shibasaburo Kitasato

1894

Botulism

Clostridium botulinum

Emile Van Ermengem

1897

Shigellosis (bacterial dysentery)

Shigella dysenteriae

Kiyoshi Shiga

1898

Syphilis

Treponema pallidum

Fritz R. Schaudinn and P. Erich Hoffman

1905