PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cooke, R W
TI  - Bacteroides fragilis septicaemia and meningitis in early infancy.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.50.3.241
DP  - 1975 Mar 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 241--243
VI  - 50
IP  - 3
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/50/3/241.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/50/3/241.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1975 Mar 01; 50
AB  - A case of recurrent Bacteroides fragilis septicaemia leading eventually to meningitis in a 6-week-old infant is reported. Perforation of the small bowel at the constriction ring of a strangulated inguinal hernia caused a faecal peritonitis and was the primary source of infection. Erythromycin, to which the isolate was fully sensitive in vitro, was only temporarily an effective treatment; the infection was finally eradicated with chloramphenicol, and the baby made a full recovery. Bacteroides infections in infancy and childhood are briefly reviewed.