AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2008
SA: Man satisfactory with miningococcal disease
ADELAIDE, Aug 26 AAP - A 25-year-old Adelaide man has been admitted to hospital in
a satisfactory condition with meningococcal disease.
Health officials said 21 contacts of the man had been identified and six of those people
were receiving precautionary antibiotic treatment.
The man's case was the ninth in SA so far this year compared to eight at the same time last year.
There were 16 confirmed meningococcal cases in SA in 2007.
AAP tjd/ldj
KEYWORD: MENINGOCOCCAL SA
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