Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA | Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA | Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
Note: [] Corresponding author: Dr. Massroor Pourcyrous, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Unniversity of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, 853 Jefferson, Room 201, Memphis, TN 38103, USA. Tel.: +1 901 448 5950; Fax: +1 901 448 1691; E-mail: mpourcyr@uthsc.edu
Abstract: We report a case on a low birth weight infant who developed early onset meningitis with bilateral occipital empyema. The pathogen isolated from the cerebral spinal fluid was Bacteroides fragilis, an anaerobic Gram negative bacillus of the gut, rarely reported as an etiology of neonatal meningitis.
