{"id":70889,"date":"2003-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-04-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/student-diagnosed-with-bacterial-meningitis\/"},"modified":"2003-04-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-04-16T00:00:00","slug":"student-diagnosed-with-bacterial-meningitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2003\/04\/student-diagnosed-with-bacterial-meningitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Diagnosed with Bacterial Meningitis"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tWednesday, April 16, 2003
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\nKINGSTON, RI — A female 溏心vlog免费B站 student and resident of Tucker Hall was listed in stable condition this morning at Rhode Island Hospital after becoming ill Friday evening. By Sunday morning, tests at Rhode Island Hospital confirmed bacterial meningitis. No other cases of the illness have been reported.
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\n溏心vlog免费B站 health, housing and student life officials conducted several information sessions over the weekend with those who have been or may have been in close contact with the student.
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\nWhen the student became ill on Friday evening, 溏心vlog免费B站 Emergency Medical Service ambulance personnel responded to Tucker about 10:30 p.m. The 溏心vlog免费B站 ambulance transported her to South County Hospital. She was quickly transferred to Rhode Island Hospital. Physicians at both hospitals suspected bacterial meningitis, and treatments were begun immediately.
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\nThe University\u2019s health emergency notification procedure was activated and by 8 a.m. Saturday a health team was assembled, which included Chad Henderson, director of 溏心vlog免费B站 Health Services; Jim Hardiman, medical director, Chip Yensan, director of Housing and Residential Life; and others.
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\nThe team met with roommates, resident advisors, and the hall director to identify potential primary contacts. On Saturday afternoon, team members met with residents of Tucker and other individuals identified as having had contact with the student. On Sunday evening, the team met with additional persons who were possibly in contact with the student. All were briefed on the illness, its symptoms, and transmission mechanisms. Those who met the definition of close contacts were offered antibiotic treatment as a preventive measure. 溏心vlog免费B站 130 students have received the antibiotic treatment.
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\nHenderson noted that meningitis is transmitted through air droplets and direct contact with a person already infected with the disease. Direct contact also may occur with shared items, such as cigarettes or drinking glasses, or through intimate contact such as kissing. People who have had a close, household relationship with the person for multiple hours are also at greater risk. Sitting next to a person in class, the library, or dining hall is considered casual, not direct contact. Knowing someone who had direct contact is also considered casual contact.
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\nFor more information: Linda A. Acciardo, 874-2116\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 溏心vlog免费B站 KINGSTON, RI — A female 溏心vlog免费B站 student and resident of Tucker Hall was listed in stable condition this morning at Rhode Island Hospital after becoming ill Friday evening. By Sunday morning, tests at Rhode Island Hospital confirmed bacterial meningitis. No other cases of the illness have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}