OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine the epidemiological characteristics of bacterial meningitis observed in neonates born in the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Clinical Centre Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, admitted to Intensive care unit (NICU) or readmitted, because of suspected infection, after discharge from the nursery. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This study wa...

In 1908 the first case of Salmonella meningitis was reported by Ghon, and since then 150 cases have been described (Metcalfe and Wiswell, 1950), of which 15 were due to S. typhi-murium; only two of these infants were definitely recorded as being under 1 month old at the time of infection. Debre and Mozziconacci (1949) record two cases of Salmonella meningitis one of which was due to S. typhi-mu...