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Man, 29, dies of meningococcal disease as officials give antibiotics to contacts – NEWS.com.au
Man, 29, dies of meningococcal disease as officials give antibiotics to contacts
Five people are on high alert after being identified as contacts of a man who died from meningococcal disease.A 29-year-old Adelaide man died last week after a case of invasive meningococcal disease, which South Australia health officials diagnosed posthumously on Monday.
The strain found in the man has been identified as serotype W.
“Multiple people who had close contact with the man have been identified, and five people have been directed to receive clearance antibiotics,” SA Health said in a…
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