RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Neonatal meningitis JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health SP F173 OP F178 DO 10.1136/fn.88.3.F173 VO 88 IS 3 A1 Heath, P T A1 Nik Yusoff, N K A1 Baker, C J YR 2003 UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/88/3/F173.abstract AB Twelve years ago an annotation was published in Archives of Disease in Childhood regarding the antibiotic treatment of suspected neonatal meningitis. The authors recommended the use of cephalosporins rather than chloramphenicol and advocated intraventricular aminoglycoside treatment in selected cases. They noted the absence of clinical trials with third generation cephalosporins that showed an improvement in mortality or neurological outcome.