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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yazan Daaboul, M.D.

Overview

Proteus infections were first described by Gustav Hauster, a German pathologist, in 1885. Hauster coined the term Proteus based on the organism's ability to change shape from Homer's Greek tale, the Odyssey.

Historical Perspective

• Proteus infections were first described by Gustav Hauster, a German pathologist, in 1885.
• Hauster coined the term Proteus based on the organism's ability to change shape from Homer's Greek tale, the Odyssey. Proteus refers to the "sea god" or "Poseidon's herdsman of the seals".
• Hauser also coined the terms P. vulgaris (i.e. the usual) and P. mirabilis (i.e. the marvelous or the unusual).