RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Bacteroides fragilis septicaemia and meningitis in early infancy.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 241
OP 243
DO 10.1136/adc.50.3.241
VO 50
IS 3
A1 Cooke, R W
YR 1975
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/50/3/241.abstract
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.