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Man, 29, dies of meningococcal disease as officials give antibiotics to contacts – PerthNow
Five people have been given antibiotics after a deadly disease claimed the life of a 29-year-old man on Monday.
Five people have been given antibiotics after a deadly disease claimed the life of a 29-year-old man on Monday.
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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