Abstract
Cases of meningitis due to staphylococci are uncommon. It is a rare occurrence in an infant under the age of 1 month. Josephine B. Neal 1 in her extensive experience has seen this type of meningitis in only two infants less than 1 year of age— one an infant 3 months old and the other 7 months old. The mortality in staphylococcic meningitis is appallingly high. There have been reports of recovery with staphylococcus autogenous vaccine and bacteriophage, 2 also following the use of gentian violet, 3 and after frequent cisternal drainages. 4 This case is reported as a rare instance of staphylococcic meningitis in an infant under the age of 1 month and because the patient responded to treatment with sulfanilamide. REPORT OF CASE A white baby boy, aged 17 days, was admitted to Kings County Hospital June 13, 1937. The mother stated that about thirty-six hours before admission
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