title: Routine burns bacteriology and proteus.
abstract: On standard agar media Proteus spp. swarm rendering prompt detection of other organisms difficult. Methods for preventing this have been investigated and a simple system devised suitable for inclusion in routine burns bacteriological investigations. Its merits are discussed.
authors.affiliation: MRC Burns Research Group, Birmingham Accident Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002056:Burns / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D011511:Proteus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011513:Proteus mirabilis