[Three successive cases of salmonella meningitis in Gabon]

In a two months period Salmonella ajiobo and S. typhimurium (twice) were isolated from cloudy cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) of children less than one year old. No other cases of Salmonella meningitis occurred in a 2 year survey of meningitis in Franceville, a semi-rural community in southeastern Gabon. One case was fatal and the case with S. ajiobo needed a prolonged course since the CSF was not sterilized even after 6 days of therapy.