Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Medical microbiology / edited by Samuel Baron; scientific illustrator, Steve Schuenke. 4th ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-9631172-1-1 (hardcover)

1. Medical microbiology, I. Baron, Samuel, 1928- .

[DNLM: 1. Microbiology. QW 4 M486 1996]

QR46.M467 1996

616'.01dc20

DNLM/DLC

for Library of Congress 95-50499

CIP

Fourth Edition © The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Third Edition © Churchill Livingstone Inc. 1991

Second and First Editions © Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1986, 1982

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher (The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555-1019).

Chapters 8, 51, 54, 61, 75, 76, 83, and 84 were prepared by U.S. government employees and are not subject to copyright.

Accurate indications, adverse reactions, and dosage schedules for drugs are provided in this book, but it is possible that they may change. The reader is urged to review the package information data of the manufacturers of the medications mentioned.

The Publishers have made every effort to trace the copyright holders for borrowed material. If they have inadvertently overlooked any, they will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.

Indexer: Irving Conde Tullar

Printed in the United States of America

First published in 1996