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Fayetteville, N.C. – The Cumberland County Department of Public Health was informed Saturday of a possible case of bacterial meningitis at the Methodist University.
A member of the campus community of Methodist University was hospitalized with a possible diagnosis of bacterial meningitis infection. The university released Saturday night a campus-wide notification about the possible diagnosis and precautions to take.
The county's public health officials coordinate their action with the medical intervention of the University and Epidemiology Section of the Public Health Division of the North Carolina Department of Health, including providing preventative antibiotics to anyone who has had direct contact with the hospitalized person. .
The Department of Health and Student Health Services are conducting a contact survey to identify people who are likely to receive the drug. Bacterial meningitis can be transmitted to other people through direct contact with oral secretions (saliva) by sharing cooking utensils, food, cigarettes and kisses.
Meningitis is an irritation of the envelope of the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms may include sudden onset of fever, severe headache, rash, stiff neck, stomach pain, nausea or vomiting. Preventive antibiotic therapy is only recommended for people who may have been in contact with the patient's saliva.
All members of the Methodist University campus community with questions or concerns should call Student Health Services at (910) 630-7164.
Other residents may call the Department of Public Health at (910) 433-3645 or (910) 433-3655.
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