title: Neonatal meningitis by Neisseria meningitidis B.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Neisseria meningitidis is one of the major causes of meningitis in children and adolescents, but it is uncommonly found in neonatal meningitis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to report a rare case of meningitis by Neisseria meningitides B.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of neonatal meningitis in a 20-day-old girl without shock or purpura. The symptoms were fever and seizures. The culture of cerebrospinal fluid showed to be positive for Neisseria meningitidis B. culture blood was negative. Antibiotic therapy was started at admission and maintained for 3 weeks. The outcome was favourable without neurological sequelae.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early diagnosis and treatment are mandatory for life saving.
authors.affiliation: Department of pediatrics of the children's hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Faten
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tinsa
authors.forename: Manel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jallouli
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Lassouad
authors.forename: Hanen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Smaoui
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brini
authors.forename: Khadija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bousseta
authors.forename: Souad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bousnina
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D038541:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012640:Seizures / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents