>From the cloudy CSF, I am assuming that the doctors thought she had bacterial menigitis. My understanding is that vanco is indicated because of the penicillin resistance of bacteria that cause menigitis, and that a vanco and cephalosporin antibiotics work in synergy. Jeff Utz > -----Original Message----- > From: [mailto:]On Behalf Of > > Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 12:19 PM > To: ; > Subject: Re: Bulging fontanelle -follow up > > > Why empiric vancomycin? > > discussion group. >