A Case of Mixed Bacterial Meningitis Associated with a Congenital Spinal Epidermoid

A case of mixed bacterial meningitis with congenital spinal epidermoid is reported. E. coli and S. faecalis were isolated simultaneously from the cerebrospinal fluid of a 14-month-old girl who had a continuing fever for 5 days. The clinical response was very poor, whereas bacteria detected showed high sensitivity in vitro to the antibiotics used clinically. Thus a myelography and a CT scanning of the lumbosacral region were performed one month after admission, when a spinal epidermoid was forced, containing an abscess connected to a thin dermal sinus which could not be recognized macroscopically. The patient recovered completely after surgical treatment.