title: The isolation and identification of bacteria from wounds.
abstract: Wound specimens can be processed in the laboratory in a number of different ways. Routine investigations aim to identify all potential pathogens; a generalised scheme for the procedure is shown in Fig 1.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*