Cases of meningitis due to staphylococci are uncommon. It is a rare occurrence in an infant under the age of 1 month. Josephine B. Neal1in her extensive experience has seen this type of meningitis in only two infants less than 1 year of age— one an infant 3 months old and the other 7 months old. The mortality in staphylococcic meningitis is appallingly high. There have been reports of recovery with staphylococcus autogenous vaccine and bacteriophage,2also following the use of gentian violet,3and after frequent cisternal drainages.4 This case is reported as a rare instance of staphylococcic meningitis in an infant under the age of 1 month and because the patient responded to treatment with sulfanilamide. REPORT OF CASE A white baby boy, aged 17 days, was admitted to Kings County Hospital June 13, 1937. The mother stated that about thirty-six hours before admission