Cephalosporium meningitis

I find it necessary to comment on the paper "Cephalosporium Meningitis" (Pediatrics, 44:749, 1969) in order to emphasize a word of caution to physicians who may encounter patients under circumstances similar to those described by Drs. Papadatos, Pavlatou, and Alexiou. The patient reported was a newborn infant who on day 15 of life became irritable, listless, and refused feedings. In the absence of abnormal physical findings, the cerebrospinal fluid was examined and found to be slightly xanthochromic with 20 white blood cells per cu mm, and with normal chemical constituents.