TABLE 2:

Reports in the literature of infection of the central nervous system with Bacillus cereus

Study	Sex/Gestation/ Weight	Age at Onset	Predisposing Factors	Nature of Infection	Treatment	Outcome
Leffert et al, 1970	Not reported	18 wk	Dandy-Walker cyst, ventricular shunt	Meningitis	Ampicillin, gentamicin, shunt removal	No sequelae
Raphael and Donaghue, 1976	Not reported	8 mo	Ventricular shunt	Meningitis	Ampicillin, gentamicin, shunt removal	No sequelae
Turnbull et al, 1977	Female/32 wk/1320 g	4 d	Necrotizing enterocolitis, cerebral hemorrhage	Meningitis	Ampicillin, gentamicin	Died
Hendrickx et al, 1981 (12)	Female/32 wk	8 d	Respiratory distress syndrome, central line	Meningitis	Ampicillin, gentamicin, erythromycin	Died
Feder et al, 1988	Female/32 wk/1500 g	7 wk	Infected intravenous catheter	Meningitis	Chloramphenicol	Cerebral palsy
Patrick et al, 1989	Female/26 wk/830 g	7 d	Bilateral thalamic hemorrhage	Encephalitis	Vancomycin, amikacin	Died
Weisse et al, 1991	Male erm/3700 g	3 wk	None	Meningitis	Gentamicin, chloramphenicol	No sequelae
Weisse et al, 1991	Male/36 wk/2710 g	5 d	Myelomeningocoele sac ruptured	Meningitis	Vancomycin	No sequelae
Chu et al, 1997	Male/26 wk/1500 g	4 wk	Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, dexamethasone used	Meningitis	Vancomycin, amikacin	Died
Present report, case 1	Female/31 wk/1500 g	5 d	None	Meningo-encephalitis	Amoxilline/clafuran vancomycin, amikacin	Died
Present report, case 2	Female/29 wk/976 g	5 d	Respiratory distress syndrome	Meningo-encephalitis	Vancomycin, amikacin	Died
Present report, case 3	Female/34 wk/1565 g	13 d	Duodenal atresia, malrotation, central line	Meningo-encephalitis Ventriculitis	Amoxilline/clafuran vancomycin, clindamycin	Died