Cephalosporium Meningitis

Abstract

The first reported case of cephalosporium meningitis in a newborn infant is presented. The diagnosis was suspected by the morphological features of the yeast-like organisms on direct smears in two separate cerebrospinal fluid specimens and confirmed by two cerebrospinal fluid cultures. The outcome was entirely satisfactory. We consider it possible that recovery was spontaneous and that amphotericin B could be instrumental in the patient's recovery only if cephalosporia were present in foci other than the cerebrospinal fluid.